Woolwich Common
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Woolwich Common 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 WoolwichCommon@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).
Minhazul Hoque
PCSO
Simon Longhurst
PC
Lee Smith
Sergeant
Call Thelwell
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 |
|---|---|
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Focus on gang crime and hotspot are policing. VAWG patrol open spaces on the ward. Personal safety and promote Walk and Talk on the ward Issued 08 September 2025 |
Hi visibility patrols also encompassing Plain clothes proactive operations in order to reassure the local community Actioned 11 December 2025 |
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Drug Related ASB specifically the tower blocks on the Woolwich Common Estate, Rudd Street Close, Congleton Grove Issued 08 September 2025 |
Hi visibility patrols also encompassing Plain clothes proactive operations in order to reassure the local community Actioned 11 December 2025 |
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Hotspot Patrols for Drug crime and burglaries - Patrols in hotspot areas highlighted by residents. - PMP/89061/24 (MOD properties included) Issued 08 September 2025 |
Hi visibility patrols also encompassing Plain clothes proactive operations in order to reassure the local community Actioned 11 December 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 Woolwich Common are saying are the issues in the area:
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- Glyndon Community Centre, 75 Raglan Road, SE18 7LB
- 26/02/2026 19:00
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