Eltham Park & Progress

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Eltham Park & Progress 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 ElthamPark&Progress@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).

Rebecca Clifford (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Eltham Park & Progress SNT)

Rebecca Clifford

PCSO

Benjamin Edgar (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, West Greenwich SNT)

Benjamin Edgar

Inspector

Lee Hopkins (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Eltham Park and Progress ward)

Lee Hopkins

Police Constable

PC McNab 1832 SE (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Eltham Town and Avery)

Pc Mcnab 1832 Se

Police Constable

Kristina Money (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, Greenwich)

Kristina Money

Sergeant

Harrison Mudge (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, SE/Safer Neighbourhoods/Eltham Town & Avery Hill/Eltham Park & Progress)

Harrison Mudge

Sergeant

Samantha Somerset (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Eltham Park & Progress)

Samantha Somerset

Police Constable

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

Shoplifting - PMP/2695/26
Co-op Well Hall Road. This is the highest crime on the ward and needs to be addressed.

Issued 04 October 2026

Operations will be conducted at the Co - op. Close working relationship is being built and officers are looking to identify PPOs and link unreported crimes together to ensure all crimes are investigated and dealt with. Shoplifting has a negative effect on the community and numerous offences are linked to this crime. We will endeavour to deal robustly with all offences to reduce crime and increase community confidence.

Actioned 07 November 2026

Vehicle Crime PMP/65761/24
Vehicle crime continues to be one of the highest crime in the area.

Issued 07 September 2026

Officers will gather data and look to identify areas where crime is occurring, or type/makes of vehicles being targeted. Crime prevention advice and stands will be completed, property marking to be conducted to safeguard property within vehicles, and operations will be completed with internal departments for preventative and disruption to this crime.

Actioned 07 November 2026

VAWG- PMP/89540/24
VAWG continues to be a concern for residents and is supported by being one of the highest crimes. The majority of VAWG crime is from domestics within family homes.

Issued 04 September 2026

Officers will look to conduct walk and talks in areas where crime is the highest, and hold VAWG stands within the community and various venues to raise awareness and offer support in this area.

Actioned 07 November 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 Eltham Park & Progress are saying are the issues in the area:

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  • Progress Hall, 14 Admiral Seymour Road, SE9 1SL
  • 10/11/2026 20:00
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