Wimbledon Park

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 WimbledonPark@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).

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of Wimbledon Park have highlighted as priorities for the area recently. Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised by you and your communities in your local area. To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

Violence Related Priority

Reynolds Gate Estate. Recent fights and reorted incidents of crime and ASB have resulted in officers priotising this area.

Specific – Conducting targeted patrols in and around the estate which will include a mixture of high visibility and plain clothed patrols. The team will stop and engage with any individuals believed to be involved in any ASB or drug use in the area and also carry out weapon sweeps on the development. Measurable – Through reviewing crime reports made to police and results from actions taken by the team such as weapon sweeps and stop and searches Achievable – Through team resources and also through partnership work with developments housing association Relevant – Due to increase in youth ASB and community concerns being raised. Timely – Team will conduct overnight checks when on duty and will be reviewed in the next three months at the next ward panel meeting

Motor Vehicle

Priorities 2 – Motor Vehicle Interference – Specifically Durnsford Road and Pitt Crescent Description – Over the increase of Motor Vehicle interference in the vicinity of Pitt Crescent and Durnsford Road SW19. These motor vehicle interferences include individuals trying door handles.

Specific – Conducting targeted patrols in around Durnsford Road and Pitt Crescent, this will include a mixture of high visibility and plain clothed patrols. Distributing crime prevention advice to victims and surrounding properties as well as distributing crime prevention advice through SNT email contact list and newsletter distribution Measurable – Measured by reviewing crime reports and calls made to police Achievable – Through team resources and also through partnership work with housing association Relevant – Due to increase in motor vehicle interference occurring in Durnsford Road and Pitt Crescent by predominantly vehicle door handles being tried and attempting to gain entry to vehicles Timely – Team will conduct overnight checks when on duty and will be reviewed in the next three months at the next ward panel meeting

Parcel Theft

Due to number of offences reported the team will prioritise parcel theft on the ward in order to reduce crime and protect the publics property.

Specific – Mixture of uniform and plain clothes patrols across hot spot areas of the ward. Distribute crime prevention advice when necessary to local residents and speak to residents that the team see to have parcels left on doorsteps in view as well as distributing crime prevention advice through SNT email contact list and newsletter distribution. The team will assist investigating officers by visiting victims, conducting CCTV and door to door enquiries Measurable – Measured by reviewing crime reports and calls to police Achievable – Through team resources by engaging with local residents and giving crime prevention advice out. Relevant – Increase of parcel thefts being reported Timely – Team will conduct overnight checks when on duty and will be reviewed in the next three months at the next ward panel meeting

In an emergency always call 999. If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.