St Mary's & St James
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St Mary's & St James - Bexley Safer Neighbourhoods Team
Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team is a group of Met police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area or 'ward', supported by additional officers from the wider area.
We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across London.
To contact to your team about local policing issues, email us at StMarys&StJames-Bexley@contact.metengage.co.uk or pick an officer to email below. (Please do not use this contact method to report crime, in an emergency always call 999 or you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101).
Lovyna Dee
PCSO
Gareth Evans
Inspector
Robert Holmes
Police Constable
Ryan Muldoon
Police Constable
Christopher Walsh
Sergeant
Local Priority Issues
We are committed to tackling the issues that matter most to local communities. Based on our conversations with residents, and the issues they have raised with us, our main priorities are:
| Priority | Action taken |
|---|---|
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Motor Vehicle Crime and Road Safety - This is in relation to all motor vehicle offences, including speeding, driving with no insurance, driving not in accordance with a driving licence and theft of and theft from a motor vehicle. Issued 01 September 2026 |
High visibility and plain clothes Patrols to reduce motor vehicle offences. Actioned 12 January 2027 |
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VAWG and violence reduction in and around Bexley Village Issued 01 September 2026 |
High visibility and plain clothes patrols in and around Bexley Village to tackle and reduce violence offences, including violence against women and girls (VAWG). Actioned 12 January 2027 |
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Reduce Burglary offences Issued 01 September 2026 |
Through conducting intelligence led high visibility patrols in impacted areas. Actioned 12 January 2027 |
The word cloud below represents the issues raised by residents through their Local Matters survey. We take this into consideration along with discussions with stakeholders, ward panel meetings and conversations with the public when setting our key priorities
What members in St Mary's & St James are saying are the issues in the area:
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