St James's

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St James's 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 StJames's@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).

Matthew Aston (Metropolitan Police, PC, St James Ward)

Matthew Aston

PC

Aadil Baqar (Metropolitan Police, PC, St James)

Aadil Baqar

PC

Graham Burke (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, St James' Ward)

Graham Burke

Sergeant

Luke Cervini (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, SNT)

Luke Cervini

Police Constable

Olivia Foulds (Metropolitan Police, Dedicated Ward Officer, St James's Ward Westminster)

Olivia Foulds

Dedicated Ward Officer

Lana Fryer (Metropolitan Police, pc, st james)

Lana Fryer

pc

Zandra Laing (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, St.JAMES PARK)

Zandra Laing

Police Constable

Victor Mangsat (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, St Leonards)

Victor Mangsat

PCSO

Marius Moise (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, SNT/NPT/SJ JAMES)

Marius Moise

PCSO

Martin Noon (Metropolitan Police, ASB Sergeant, All Westminster NPT Wards)

Martin Noon

ASB Sergeant

Matthew Smith (Metropolitan Police, Chief Inspector, Westminster)

Matthew Smith

Chief Inspector

Blair Underwoode (Metropolitan Police, PC, The Strand, St James)

Blair Underwoode

PC

Diana Vasiljeva (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, SNT)

Diana Vasiljeva

PCSO

Thomas Warburton (Metropolitan Police, Dedicated Ward Officer, Vincent Square )

Thomas Warburton

Dedicated Ward Officer

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

Theft.
St. James is home to some of renowned shopping destinations of Covent Garden, Piccadilly and Strand. With a heavy footfall in pursuit of luxurious shopping experience, so have these areas seen an increase in retail theft. Also the number of thefts from person is on the increase on St. James in areas frequented by tourists from example during Buckingham Palace Guard Change and around Westminster Bridge which attract a lot of tourists.

Issued 08 July 2025

Increased Patrols of both plain and unformed officers in the areas majorly affected. These patrols have been enhanced with the formation of Town Centre Teams (TCTs) who have boosted the number of officers in the West End. In order to combat the thefts, Officers and PCSO’s deliver Crime prevention advice to retail shops and also to other business. Victims of thefts are encouraged to report and these are investigated thoroughly. Collaborative operations between Lambeth and Westminster Councils are conducted on Westminster Bridge monthly.

Actioned 08 July 2025

Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) is any action that causes a person to feel alarmed, distressed or harassed. This can constitute both criminal behaviours for example drugs use, thefts etc and Non-criminal behaviours for example, Noisy neighbours, loitering in public etc. ASB is common prevalent mostly amongst Members of the Street Population.

Issued 08 July 2025

St. James officers have are tackling ASB in many ways through enforcement; they are using Community Protection Warning and Notices to tackle the issue. For the most prolific offenders, officers are building evidence to allow Criminal Behavioural Orders (CBOs) to be issued against them by Court with a viewing of banning them in these areas for a considerable time. Also officers continue to work corroboratively with Council and other partners from the mental health teams to find long lasting solutions.

Actioned 08 July 2025

Drug usage and dealing contribute to the violence on St. James, this violence can be a direct result of using drugs in many ways it affects human interaction or as a way of committing other crimes for example Violence Against Women and Girls VAWG in the West End. There are has been reports of drink spiking and sexual assaults mainly linked to the Night Time Economy made possible by illegal drugs. Other forms of violence have been associated with robberies where threat or use of weapon has been a factor.

Issued 04 July 2025

Home Office funding (OP Nightingale) has Increase high visibility patrols in the evening and nights around night time entertainment venues to curb this kind of violence.
Officers will increase engagement and awareness events to engage & educate venue staff members/security to ensure they are aware how to appropriately react if a crime has been committed and appropriately advise their victims. This kind of violence can be tackled by regular engagement with females who work and live on the ward can help broaden our understanding of where the problem areas are through Walk & Talk events and other engagement strategies. Officers will provide awareness training liaising with open venues about ask for Angela and noticing signs of vulnerability. Patrols surrounding our hot spot areas during the peak times for robbery. Review the location of the offences where this is happening and consider Design Out options to prevent this crime from occurring in the first place.

Actioned 04 July 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 St James's are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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More officers to join West End teams to tackle crime

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01/08/2025 16:01:23

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Local Priorities Knife Crime Update

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31/07/2025 09:00:45

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Local Priorities Personal theft (e.g. pick pocketing, no violence used) Message

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29/07/2025 13:20:55

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Local Priorities Mobile phone theft Message

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29/07/2025 09:00:01

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Local Priorities Shoplifting Message

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29/07/2025 08:50:51

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Serious RTC - Regent Street - Major Incident

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28/07/2025 13:48:20

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Local Priorities Shoplifting Message

Dear Resident, I wanted to provide you with an update regarding Shoplifting, which people around you...

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28/07/2025 11:39:15

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Local Priorities Burglary Update

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21/07/2025 14:12:58

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