West Putney

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

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.

West Putney 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 WestPutney@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).

Stephen Burke

Inspector

Ben Jury

Inspector

Mathew Knowles

Sergeant

Kevin Wakefield

Police Constable

Pc Walters

Police Constable

Kordian Wojtowicz

PCSO

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
Violence There has been an increase in the number of reports received concerning the supply and use of drugs in and around the Ashburton Estate. Many of the reports are specific to Cortis Road area and surrounding parade of shops. Issued 15 July 2025	As part of the neighbourhood guarantee and summer crime plan, West Putney Designated Ward Officers (DWO) will increase high visibility and plain clothes patrols in the areas concerned with the aim of preventing drugs use and deterring criminal activity. We will review information on a daily basis to build an intelligence picture that will support the application for drugs warrants from magistrates. We will pursue those persons driving the sales of drugs, make arrests and seek charges from the Crown Prosecution Service. We will work with local youth services and schools to identify young people vulnerable to criminal exploitation and work tirelessly to safeguard them from criminality. We will make residents aware of the results of our work, enhancing confidence in our community crime fighting approach through Met Engage and encourage residents to continue reporting activity via 101, online reporting and / or crime stoppers 0800 555 111 Actioned 15 October 2025
Anti-social Behaviour Street Drinking and associated ASB in the vicinity of the shops in Ashburton Road. Issued 15 July 2025	Officers have been tasked to patrol the area during the highest times of reported activity. We have been visiting local shopkeepers to provide guidance around responsible drinking, selling alcohol to intoxicated persons as well as upholding national policies such as 'Check 25' to prevent selling of alcohol to underage persons. We work with council partners such as Trading Standards and Licensing to ensure that alcoholic products being sold are genuine goods. We continue to encourage local people to report every incident of alcohol related ASB, this may be rowdy behaviour, noise complaints or public urination. We will hold street briefings to allow people to understand how their reports provide direct evidence to support police action such as the issuance of Community Protection Notice (CPN) or Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBO) We will be proactive in taking positive enforcement against repeat offenders whilst signposting early intervention support where appropriate. Actioned 15 October 2025
Motor Vehicle Crime West Putney remain a high offending ward for theft of motor vehicles with current crime analysis identifying Granard Avenue as a current hot spot. Issued 15 July 2025	Vehicle theft remains a long term priority across the ward. We have used data analysis and predictive crime mapping to identify potentially vulnerable roads. Using this analysis, we have been able to identify the most likely style of vehicle and their respective features to be targeted. We will proactively identify and engage with vehicle owners and provide practical crime prevention advice to reduce the potential of falling victim to vehicle crime. Where offending times are outside of Neighbourhood Policing hours, we have create dedicated taskings for unmarked police vehicles to patrol vulnerable roads. We will make residents aware of emerging crime trends by face to face engagement when on patrol whilst spreading the news of arrests or operational updates via Met Engage https://www.metengage.co.uk/Content/Pages/Sign-Up Actioned 15 October 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence
There has been an increase in the number of reports received concerning the supply and use of drugs in and around the Ashburton Estate. Many of the reports are specific to Cortis Road area and surrounding parade of shops.

Issued 15 July 2025

As part of the neighbourhood guarantee and summer crime plan, West Putney Designated Ward Officers (DWO) will increase high visibility and plain clothes patrols in the areas concerned with the aim of preventing drugs use and deterring criminal activity.
We will review information on a daily basis to build an intelligence picture that will support the application for drugs warrants from magistrates. We will pursue those persons driving the sales of drugs, make arrests and seek charges from the Crown Prosecution Service. We will work with local youth services and schools to identify young people vulnerable to criminal exploitation and work tirelessly to safeguard them from criminality.
We will make residents aware of the results of our work, enhancing confidence in our community crime fighting approach through Met Engage and encourage residents to continue reporting activity via 101, online reporting and / or crime stoppers 0800 555 111

Actioned 15 October 2025

Anti-social Behaviour
Street Drinking and associated ASB in the vicinity of the shops in Ashburton Road.

Issued 15 July 2025

Officers have been tasked to patrol the area during the highest times of reported activity. We have been visiting local shopkeepers to provide guidance around responsible drinking, selling alcohol to intoxicated persons as well as upholding national policies such as 'Check 25' to prevent selling of alcohol to underage persons. We work with council partners such as Trading Standards and Licensing to ensure that alcoholic products being sold are genuine goods.

We continue to encourage local people to report every incident of alcohol related ASB, this may be rowdy behaviour, noise complaints or public urination. We will hold street briefings to allow people to understand how their reports provide direct evidence to support police action such as the issuance of Community Protection Notice (CPN) or Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBO)
We will be proactive in taking positive enforcement against repeat offenders whilst signposting early intervention support where appropriate.

Actioned 15 October 2025

Motor Vehicle Crime
West Putney remain a high offending ward for theft of motor vehicles with current crime analysis identifying Granard Avenue as a current hot spot.

Issued 15 July 2025

Vehicle theft remains a long term priority across the ward. We have used data analysis and predictive crime mapping to identify potentially vulnerable roads. Using this analysis, we have been able to identify the most likely style of vehicle and their respective features to be targeted. We will proactively identify and engage with vehicle owners and provide practical crime prevention advice to reduce the potential of falling victim to vehicle crime. Where offending times are outside of Neighbourhood Policing hours, we have create dedicated taskings for unmarked police vehicles to patrol vulnerable roads. We will make residents aware of emerging crime trends by face to face engagement when on patrol whilst spreading the news of arrests or operational updates via Met Engage https://www.metengage.co.uk/Content/Pages/Sign-Up

Actioned 15 October 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 West Putney are saying are the issues in the area:

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