Harold Wood
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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) 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 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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