St Mary's & St James

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St Mary's & St James 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 StMary's&StJames@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).

David Catlow

Sergeant

Lovyna Dee

PCSO

Gareth Evans

Inspector

Robert Holmes

Police Constable

Rachael Jarman

Neighbourhood Inspector

Ersin Kesen

Police Sergeant

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
ASB - As we move into the winter months the focus of tackling anti-social behaviour will move to Night Time Economy and large gatherings on the ward and Bexley Village. Issued 16 October 2025	Visible vehicle and foot patrols will occur through out the shifts to prevent and deter any Anti social behaviour. Any persons caught or identified as causing ASB will be given warnings initially if the first time. If continued ASB occurs then further measures will be implemented, which include Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABC), Community Protection Notice Warning (CPNW), Community Protection Warning (CPN), arrest and charges for any offences. Particular attention to Bexley village and the North Cray Meadows Mounted branch and cycle patrols. Actioned 18 January 2026
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 16 October 2025	Crime prevention events to prevent offences. Cocooning around offences, street briefings and Operations (E.g. Operation Huntsman, Operation Golden Hook). Road safety speeding operations on various points of the ward. Joint MV crime proactive operations with Kent Police. Crime Prevention messaging through Met Engage. Actioned 18 January 2026
Burglary - The Ward Panel decided to keep this as a priority, particularly as this time of the year the number of burglary offences tend to increase. Issued 16 October 2025	Burglary patrols around both residential and business areas. Cocooning, which involves door to door enquiries and CCTV trawls to identify offenders. Street Briefings - Tile Kiln Lane area. Crime Prevention Events whereby home security is reinforced and advice given on protecting your property. Actioned 18 January 2026

Priority

Action taken

ASB - As we move into the winter months the focus of tackling anti-social behaviour will move to Night Time Economy and large gatherings on the ward and Bexley Village.

Issued 16 October 2025

Visible vehicle and foot patrols will occur through out the shifts to prevent and deter any Anti social behaviour.
Any persons caught or identified as causing ASB will be given warnings initially if the first time. If continued ASB occurs then further measures will be implemented, which include Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABC), Community Protection Notice Warning (CPNW), Community Protection Warning (CPN), arrest and charges for any offences.

Particular attention to Bexley village and the North Cray Meadows
Mounted branch and cycle patrols.

Actioned 18 January 2026

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 16 October 2025

Crime prevention events to prevent offences.
Cocooning around offences, street briefings and Operations (E.g. Operation Huntsman, Operation Golden Hook).
Road safety speeding operations on various points of the ward.
Joint MV crime proactive operations with Kent Police.
Crime Prevention messaging through Met Engage.

Actioned 18 January 2026

Burglary - The Ward Panel decided to keep this as a priority, particularly as this time of the year the number of burglary offences tend to increase.

Issued 16 October 2025

Burglary patrols around both residential and business areas.
Cocooning, which involves door to door enquiries and CCTV trawls to identify offenders.
Street Briefings - Tile Kiln Lane area. Crime Prevention Events whereby home security is reinforced and advice given on protecting your property.

Actioned 18 January 2026

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:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey

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