Figge's Marsh

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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.

Figge's Marsh 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 FiggesMarsh@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).

Joshua Mooney

Police Constable

Lara Murton

Acting Inspector

Elliot Nichols

PCSO

Emeka Okafor

PCSO

James Sawyer

Police Constable

Joshua Shear

PCSO

Lee Trow

Police Constable

Nicoll Tsangari

Police Constable

Katie Wells

A/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
Shoplifting; – this is a major problem in the town centre and is one of the biggest sources of funding for drug habits. All shops along the town centre are regularly hit with shoplifting almost on a daily occurrence. Shoplifters often use violence against staff in order to commit the offence. Issued 06 November 2026	officers to conduct hi visibility patrols to deter shoplifters and also plain clothed ops in town centre to target known shoplifters. Regular contact is in place with the stores to allow them to report all offences and provide officers with CCTV. Actioned 07 August 2026
ASB, street drinking and rough sleeping. This is often accompanied with violence, drugs and shoplifting. This is the main focus of concern on the ward and is a ward wide issue. Issued 06 November 2026	Officers regularly conduct hi-vis patrols and plain clothed patrols in the town centre and are working with Merton council CCTV to identify repeats offenders and deal with them accordingly. Actioned 07 August 2026
Drugs; Complaints regarding Drugs in Figges Marsh ward has increased mainly within the town centre and surrounding car park and estates Issued 06 November 2026	to combat this Figges Marsh SNT will increase uniformed and plain clothed patrols in and around Mitcham Town Centre, Saddlers Close and surrounding area. Actioned 07 August 2026

Priority

Action taken

Shoplifting; – this is a major problem in the town centre and is one of the biggest sources of funding for drug habits. All shops along the town centre are regularly hit with shoplifting almost on a daily occurrence. Shoplifters often use violence against staff in order to commit the offence.

Issued 06 November 2026

officers to conduct hi visibility patrols to deter shoplifters and also plain clothed ops in town centre to target known shoplifters. Regular contact is in place with the stores to allow them to report all offences and provide officers with CCTV.

Actioned 07 August 2026

ASB, street drinking and rough sleeping. This is often accompanied with violence, drugs and shoplifting. This is the main focus of concern on the ward and is a ward wide issue.

Issued 06 November 2026

Officers regularly conduct hi-vis patrols and plain clothed patrols in the town centre and are working with Merton council CCTV to identify repeats offenders and deal with them accordingly.

Actioned 07 August 2026

Drugs; Complaints regarding Drugs in Figges Marsh ward has increased mainly within the town centre and surrounding car park and estates

Issued 06 November 2026

to combat this Figges Marsh SNT will increase uniformed and plain clothed patrols in and around Mitcham Town Centre, Saddlers Close and surrounding area.

Actioned 07 August 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 Figge's Marsh are saying are the issues in the area:

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