Forest Hill

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Forest Hill 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 ForestHill@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).

Gavin Durnell (Police, Inspector, Lewisham)

Gavin Durnell

Inspector

Hamdiya Hassan (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Forest Hill)

Hamdiya Hassan

Police Constable

Amie McCreery (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Forest Hill Safer Neighbourhood Team)

Amie Mccreery

PCSO

Nathan Munday (Police, Sergeant, Forest Hill, Perry Vale and Crofton Park)

Nathan Munday

Sergeant

Jordan Nye (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Forest Hill Safer neighbourhood)

Jordan Nye

Police Constable

Charlene Pavitt (Police, Superintendent, Lewisham)

Charlene Pavitt

Superintendent

Paul Shaw (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Perry Vale SNT)

Paul Shaw

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

Public Order Offences

Issued 26 February 2026

There has been an increase in Public Order incidents around Dartmouth Road and the licensed premises involving possible street drinkers. These incidents have resulted in people being assaulted and also feeling intimidated.

Police have been conducting numerous plain clothes and uniformed patrols in the area's of concern and conducted stops of suspects offenders. The team are conducting high visibility pulse patrols in the locality and are seeking a possible Public Space Protection Order to minimise street drinking in the area.

Actioned 09 May 2026

Motor Vehicle Crime

Issued 26 February 2026

Motor Vehicle Crime including theft of and also theft from. There has been considerably concerning increase in vehicle thefts in and around Ringmore Rise and surrounding roads. Officers conduct proactive plain clothes and uniformed patrols in the area and also hold regular street briefings with residents to discuss the issues.
Patrols continue to be conducted both as overt and covert. Officers are utilisng intelligence and local knowledge to target offenders and have also provided crime prevention signs in and around the local area. Police continue to push for CCTV at specific locations targeted.

Actioned 09 May 2026

Shoplifting Offences

Issued 26 February 2026

Shoplifting - This has been a considerable issue within the London Road/Dartmouth Road area and in particular Sainsburys and other smaller stores being targets of shoplifters and organised shoplifting teams. The team have been conducting plain clothes patrols in the area and liasing directly with security staff and shop colleagues in order to apprehend offenders swiftly and bringing them to justice. The team also work closely with business owners in order to identify any offenders who commit crime within the locality.

Actioned 09 May 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 Forest Hill are saying are the issues in the area:

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WARD PANEL MEETING : Thu 04 Jun 19:00

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29/05/2026 15:44:14

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