Cranbrook
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Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook@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).
Jason Marchant
Police Constable
Gerrard Mathieson
Inspector
Nicholas Sutton
Inspector
Craig Westley
PCSO
Craig Westley
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 |
|---|---|
|
Violence related priority Issued 19 October 2025 |
Robbery patrols at the start/end of school hours and VAWG engagements with local residents/commuters. ASB has also been activly reported and action via LBR&TFL Actioned 31 January 2026 |
|
Reduction in theft of motor vehicle Issued 19 October 2025 |
Weekly street surgeries, engaging with the public and delivering crime prevention leaflets. There will also be a proactive high-viability patrols in hot spot areas. Actioned 31 January 2026 |
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ASB reduction Issued 19 October 2025 |
Frequent patrols based on intel reports and regular street surgeries Actioned 31 January 2026 |
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 Cranbrook are saying are the issues in the area:
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