Abbey (Merton)
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Abbey - Merton 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 Abbey-Merton@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).
Matthew Bower
A/Inspector
Ian Edwards
Sergeant
Becky Hedges
Police Constable
Robert Miller
Police Constable
Victor Olagbegi
PCSO
Emma White
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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Concerns raised at the Ward Panel meeting regarding Shoplifting in the local area, especially South Wimbledon Issued 08 October 2026 |
SNT will conduct regular high visibility patrols focusing in on the hotspots. To deter crime and provide reassurance. Actioned 30 December 2026 |
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Road Safety including e-bike usage and dangerous cycling. Issued 08 October 2026 |
SNT will conduct operations around road safety and enforce traffic regulations during patrols to increase road safety. Actioned 30 December 2026 |
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Concerns were raised regarding Anti Social Behaviour in the local area Issued 08 October 2026 |
SNT Officers will conduct regular high visibility patrols focusing on the hotspots Actioned 30 December 2026 |
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Prevent and reduce - Violence against Women and Girls Issued 22 September 2026 |
Strengthen partnership working between police, local authorities and communities to improve identification, prevention and response to VAWG. Identify areas where women and girls feel vulnerable (poorly lit, footpaths, open spaces) and take action to improve safety. Uniform and plain clothed patrols around local night time economy venues. Actioned 30 December 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 Abbey (Merton) are saying are the issues in the area:
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