Belvedere

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.

Belvedere 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 Belvedere@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).

Victoria Ackford

Police Constable

Sophie Aris

Police Constable

Clint Best Imarhiagbe

PCSO

Rob Boyer

Police Constable

Jamie Keen

Inspector

Steven Sommerville

Police Sergeant

Jay Worrall

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
Growing concern with drug use/dealing within the lower Belvedere area, mainly around Picardy Street and the surrounds. There is also a concern around shoplifting offences. Issued 11 January 2026	The team are out daily conducting proactive patrols and high vis proactive operations with knife arches and drugs dogs have been conducted around the local BR stations. Disruption to dealers in Lower Belvedere. Utilising stop and search has also led to nuisance drug users being dealt with. Acting on intel and focusing on building relationships with local community so information can be shared with police and acted upon. Crime prevention stalls around the local shops and supermarkets to provide reassurance and visible presence. Liaising with licencing and trading standards and conducting regular operations to ensure shops are complying with their roles and responsibilities. Actioned 11 January 2026
There has been growing concerns about vehicles, a number of concerns about the vehicles being stolen, vehicles being used in crime and driving offences including speeding. There is also a concern around burglaries in the area. Issued 11 January 2026	Crime prevention information stalls. Reassurance to victims for M/V crime, working with other agencies to deal with other vehicle issues. Search warrants conducted on offenders where the intel is available. Speed gun operations to be conducted to tackle speeding offences in Belvedere. There are regular plain clothes patrols in the area in order to prevent and detect theft offences including burglary and theft of motor vehicle offences. Actioned 11 January 2026
General violence on the streets of Belvedere. London wide priority. Issued 11 January 2026	Action taken: Working with the VAWG team from Bexleyheath Council. Hi-Visibility patrols to disrupt this as much as possible. Patrol areas based on intelligence gathered. Actioned 11 January 2026

Priority

Action taken

Growing concern with drug use/dealing within the lower Belvedere area, mainly around Picardy Street and the surrounds. There is also a concern around shoplifting offences.

Issued 11 January 2026

The team are out daily conducting proactive patrols and high vis proactive operations with knife arches and drugs dogs have been conducted around the local BR stations.

Disruption to dealers in Lower Belvedere. Utilising stop and search has also led to nuisance drug users being dealt with. Acting on intel and focusing on building relationships with local community so information can be shared with police and acted upon.

Crime prevention stalls around the local shops and supermarkets to provide reassurance and visible presence. Liaising with licencing and trading standards and conducting regular operations to ensure shops are complying with their roles and responsibilities.

Actioned 11 January 2026

There has been growing concerns about vehicles, a number of concerns about the vehicles being stolen, vehicles being used in crime and driving offences including speeding. There is also a concern around burglaries in the area.

Issued 11 January 2026

Crime prevention information stalls. Reassurance to victims for M/V crime, working with other agencies to deal with other vehicle issues.
Search warrants conducted on offenders where the intel is available. Speed gun operations to be conducted to tackle speeding offences in Belvedere. There are regular plain clothes patrols in the area in order to prevent and detect theft offences including burglary and theft of motor vehicle offences.

Actioned 11 January 2026

General violence on the streets of Belvedere. London wide priority.

Issued 11 January 2026

Action taken:
Working with the VAWG team from Bexleyheath Council. Hi-Visibility patrols to disrupt this as much as possible. Patrol areas based on intelligence gathered.

Actioned 11 January 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 Belvedere are saying are the issues in the area:

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