West Thamesmead

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

West Thamesmead 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 WestThamesmead@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).

Joanna Chapman

Inspector

Simon Longhurst

Sergeant

Yves Mapli Kpakpoe

Dedicated Ward Officer

Ethan Williams

PCSO

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
Violence against women and girls Issued 07 July 2025	Routine hi-visibility patrols in high footfall areas across the ward including Thames Path Actioned 30 September 2025
Whinchat Car Park shops. Youths loitering, littering, drug related activity. Issued 07 July 2025	Heightened foot + mobile patrols at location. Stop and search powers utilised, multiple com-res issued following positive interactions. Actioned 30 September 2025
Heightened drug activity around Merbury Close + Tom Cribb Way Issued 07 July 2025	Increased foot + mobile patrols at the locations. Stop and search powers utilised, multiple com-res issued following positive interactions. Actioned 30 September 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence against women and girls

Issued 07 July 2025

Routine hi-visibility patrols in high footfall areas across the ward including Thames Path

Actioned 30 September 2025

Whinchat Car Park shops. Youths loitering, littering, drug related activity.

Issued 07 July 2025

Heightened foot + mobile patrols at location. Stop and search powers utilised, multiple com-res issued following positive interactions.

Actioned 30 September 2025

Heightened drug activity around Merbury Close + Tom Cribb Way

Issued 07 July 2025

Increased foot + mobile patrols at the locations. Stop and search powers utilised, multiple com-res issued following positive interactions.

Actioned 30 September 2025

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 West Thamesmead are saying are the issues in the area:

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