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
PC

Aadil Baqar
PC

Graham Burke
Sergeant

Luke Cervini
Police Constable

Olivia Foulds
Dedicated Ward Officer

Lana Fryer
pc

Zandra Laing
Police Constable

Victor Mangsat
PCSO

Marius Moise
PCSO

Martin Noon
ASB Sergeant

Matthew Smith
Chief Inspector

Blair Underwoode
PC

Diana Vasiljeva
PCSO

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 |
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Theft. 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. 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:
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