Chaucer

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.

Chaucer 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 Chaucer@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).

Iain Bartley

Police Sergeant

James Cahill

PCSO

Philippa Campbell

Police Constable

Patricia Edmead

Police Constable

John Noaks

Police Constable

Lucy Taylor

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
Robbery & Violence Against Women and Girls Issued 30 December 2025	Tackling cycle enabled mobile phone robberies on the ward and offering crime prevention advice to potential victims. Hot spots on the ward include Great Dover Street, Newington Causeway, Borough High Street and New Kent Road. The team have been providing a high visibility police presence in locations where offences are being committed to prevent and disrupt criminality taking place. High visibility patrols in and around the ward in target areas to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls. Giving crime prevention advice directly to members of the public and working with partner agencies and venues to promote VAWG initiatives and raise awareness. Actioned 10 March 2026
Drugs Activity - drug use and drug dealing Issued 30 December 2025	Drug users affecting the local community in and around housing estates and parks having a detrimental effect on residents wellbeing. The team conduct regular patrols in the areas where drug offences are occurring and disrupt those who are offending. The team have been using stop and search powers to aid in tackling this issue resulting in seizing drugs off the streets, arrests, charges and convictions at court. We have obtained Closure Orders at court for a number of properties being used as drug dens, shutting down illegal drugs operations and safeguarding vulnerable people. Actioned 10 March 2026
Anti-Social Behaviour being caused by street drinkers, beggars and street population across the ward. Issued 30 December 2025	Ward officers have been targeting specific locations where groups of the street population and street drinkers are causing nuisance to local residents. We have been applying a consistent approach to enforcement using our community protection powers such as ASB warnings, community protection notice warnings and community protection notices to stop and prevent this activity from taking place. Additionally, this activity is being prevented and disrupted with regular hi visibility police patrols. We have been working with partner agencies in order to signpost those in need of support and rehabilitation services and prevent further ASB being caused. Actioned 26 February 2025

Priority

Action taken

Robbery & Violence Against Women and Girls

Issued 30 December 2025

Tackling cycle enabled mobile phone robberies on the ward and offering crime prevention advice to potential victims. Hot spots on the ward include Great Dover Street, Newington Causeway, Borough High Street and New Kent Road.
The team have been providing a high visibility police presence in locations where offences are being committed to prevent and disrupt criminality taking place.
High visibility patrols in and around the ward in target areas to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls. Giving crime prevention advice directly to members of the public and working with partner agencies and venues to promote VAWG initiatives and raise awareness.

Actioned 10 March 2026

Drugs Activity - drug use and drug dealing

Issued 30 December 2025

Drug users affecting the local community in and around housing estates and parks having a detrimental effect on residents wellbeing.
The team conduct regular patrols in the areas where drug offences are occurring and disrupt those who are offending. The team have been using stop and search powers to aid in tackling this issue resulting in seizing drugs off the streets, arrests, charges and convictions at court. We have obtained Closure Orders at court for a number of properties being used as drug dens, shutting down illegal drugs operations and safeguarding vulnerable people.

Actioned 10 March 2026

Anti-Social Behaviour being caused by street drinkers, beggars and street population across the ward.

Issued 30 December 2025

Ward officers have been targeting specific locations where groups of the street population and street drinkers are causing nuisance to local residents. We have been applying a consistent approach to enforcement using our community protection powers such as ASB warnings, community protection notice warnings and community protection notices to stop and prevent this activity from taking place. Additionally, this activity is being prevented and disrupted with regular hi visibility police patrols. We have been working with partner agencies in order to signpost those in need of support and rehabilitation services and prevent further ASB being caused.

Actioned 26 February 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 Chaucer are saying are the issues in the area:

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