Evelyn
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Evelyn 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 Evelyn@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).
Harry Corne
Police Constable
Adrian Hanna
Inspector
James Hillyard
Police Constable
Charlene Pavitt
Superintendent
Dawn Sheehy
PCSO
Ryan West
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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Tackling ongoing drug use/supply across the ward. This will be done by tasked proactive patrols across the ward and intelligence led warrants. This includes Hi-visibility patrols of PEYPS PARK in regard to drug activity and ASB which has become a ward priority. Issued 18 November 2025 |
Increase weekly foot patrols of Blocks and walkways on the estate surrounding Daubeney Tower. To work with Lewisham Housing and carry out a timetable of visits to blocks to establish ASB in communal areas Actioned 05 March 2025 |
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To reduce Robbery and Mobile phone thefts across the ward through utilising various tactics such as proactive patrols. This includes tackling the spate of robberies and phone thefts along the corridor from Evelyn Street/Deptford High Street that is a huge concern for residents of Evelyn ward including the Cycle Superhighway C10. Issued 17 February 2025 |
Increase CCTV Camera opportunities in these areas. Lighting improvements. Actioned 17 February 2025 |
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To tackle ongoing Concerns from women and girls within the community regarding violence along the Thames footpath, Foreshore and Longshore SE8 . ASB issues are also occurring into the evenings at open spaces. Issued 17 February 2025 |
Weapons Sweeps to take place in open spaces and patrols of communal areas are to take place within communal areas of these blocks. Stop and searches to be carried where grounds exist. Actioned 17 February 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 Evelyn are saying are the issues in the area:
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