Harold Wood

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.

Harold Wood 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 HaroldWood@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).

Leigh Appleton

PCSO

Kim Berry

PCSO

Leigh Cheslin

PCSO

Kayleigh Evans

Police Constable

Stephen Lee

Police Constable

Richard Ruane

Sergeant

Siobhan Smith

Police Constable

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 against woman and girls. Issued 05 November 2025	-Events around violence against woman and girls (VAWG) - Targeting violent offenders - Completing safe area checks. Actioned 05 November 2025
Tackeling shoplifting offences on the Ward. Achieved by extra patrols and joint working with other police departements. Also utilising Community Behaviour Order. Issued 05 November 2025	- Further patrols in hotspot areas - Working closely with the Havering funded police team in tackling suspects - Targeting prolific offenders of theft offences. Actioned 05 November 2026
Burglary Issued 05 November 2025	Intelligence led patrols during peak times, identify hotspots, holding prevention stalls, offering advise as we move into the winter months. Actioned 05 November 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence against woman and girls.

Issued 05 November 2025

-Events around violence against woman and girls (VAWG)
- Targeting violent offenders
- Completing safe area checks.

Actioned 05 November 2025

Tackeling shoplifting offences on the Ward. Achieved by extra patrols and joint working with other police departements. Also utilising Community Behaviour Order.

Issued 05 November 2025

- Further patrols in hotspot areas
- Working closely with the Havering funded police team in tackling suspects
- Targeting prolific offenders of theft offences.

Actioned 05 November 2026

Burglary

Issued 05 November 2025

Intelligence led patrols during peak times, identify hotspots, holding prevention stalls, offering advise as we move into the winter months.

Actioned 05 November 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 Harold Wood are saying are the issues in the area:

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