Hermitage & Gardens

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.

Hermitage & Gardens 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 Hermitage&Gardens@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 Bloomfield

Inspector

Joseph Chapman

Police Constable

Daniel James

Sergeant

Sarah Mulvihill

PCSO

Theodore Robertson

Police Constable

Jess Williamson

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
Shoplifting and linked anti-social behaviour in the arena shopping park N4. Crime data along with information from residents indicates that there is an ongoing issue with individuals attending the arena shopping park to steal items as well as beg and intimidate members of the public. Issued 03 November 2026	Officers will conduct a mixture of plain clothes and high visibility patrols in the area to deter offenders and make suitable use of police powers to deal with offences identified. Officers will adopt a partnership working approach to work with the businesses in the area to ensure they are playing an appropriate role in ensuring this behaviour is dealt with appropriately and not encouraged. Actioned 16 November 2026
Drug Related Anti-Social Behaviour in Eade and Vale Road Reports of ASB and Drugs: Local Residents have reported to us that there are significant issues around drug users attending this location to purchase drugs also resulting in linked Anti-social behaviour. This priority was retained by the ward panel on the 3rd August 2026. Issued 03 November 2026	A mixture of high visibility and plain clothes patrols will take place in the local area. Officers will make use of stop and search and arrest powers as well as powers under the anti-social behaviour, crime and policing act 2014 to issue community protection warnings, notices and anti-social behaviour warnings. Officers will work to gather intelligence to identify any underlying causes of the issues and address these appropriately. Actioned 16 November 2026
Drug related anti-social behaviour in the Garden area including Kimberley, Warwick and Stanhope Gardens. Issued 03 November 2026	Officers will conduct a mixture of high visibility and plain clothes patrols in the area making suitable use of police powers to deal with any offences identified. Officers will aim to gather intelligence to identify any long term problem solving measures that could be put into place against persistent ASB offenders such as criminal behaviour orders, closure orders and community protection notices. Officers will work with partner agencies to provide support for individuals who are seeking help for substance abuse. Actioned 16 November 2026

Priority

Action taken

Shoplifting and linked anti-social behaviour in the arena shopping park N4. Crime data along with information from residents indicates that there is an ongoing issue with individuals attending the arena shopping park to steal items as well as beg and intimidate members of the public.

Issued 03 November 2026

Officers will conduct a mixture of plain clothes and high visibility patrols in the area to deter offenders and make suitable use of police powers to deal with offences identified. Officers will adopt a partnership working approach to work with the businesses in the area to ensure they are playing an appropriate role in ensuring this behaviour is dealt with appropriately and not encouraged.

Actioned 16 November 2026

Drug Related Anti-Social Behaviour in Eade and Vale Road Reports of ASB and Drugs: Local Residents have reported to us that there are significant issues around drug users attending this location to purchase drugs also resulting in linked Anti-social behaviour. This priority was retained by the ward panel on the 3rd August 2026.

Issued 03 November 2026

A mixture of high visibility and plain clothes patrols will take place in the local area. Officers will make use of stop and search and arrest powers as well as powers under the anti-social behaviour, crime and policing act 2014 to issue community protection warnings, notices and anti-social behaviour warnings. Officers will work to gather intelligence to identify any underlying causes of the issues and address these appropriately.

Actioned 16 November 2026

Drug related anti-social behaviour in the Garden area including Kimberley, Warwick and Stanhope Gardens.

Issued 03 November 2026

Officers will conduct a mixture of high visibility and plain clothes patrols in the area making suitable use of police powers to deal with any offences identified. Officers will aim to gather intelligence to identify any long term problem solving measures that could be put into place against persistent ASB offenders such as criminal behaviour orders, closure orders and community protection notices. Officers will work with partner agencies to provide support for individuals who are seeking help for substance abuse.

Actioned 16 November 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 Hermitage & Gardens are saying are the issues in the area:

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