Woodside (Haringey)

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Woodside - Haringey 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 Woodside-Haringey@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).

Lucy Berridge

Police Constable

Carey Denham

Dedicated Ward Officer

Courtney Elishi

PCSO

Asad Ikram

Inspector

Kagwa Lugemwa

Ward Sergeant - White Hart Lane & Woodside

Dimitrios Rakos

PCSO

Ben Woolf

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 Related Priority - Robbery around Wood Green High Road. Issued 16 June 2026	Police Activity Update – High Road N22 / Wood Green Underground Station: Targeted plain-clothes and high-visibility patrols are currently being conducted along and around the High Road, N22. In addition, Operation Fineful is being carried out at Wood Green Underground Station. This is a passive drugs dog deployment operation aimed at deterring and detecting drug-related offences. So far, the operation has resulted in multiple arrests, including those for serious and violent offences. Officers have also conducted a number of stop-and-searches, leading to the recovery of drugs and weapons. The operation provides additional opportunities for officers and PCSOs to maintain a visible presence not only within the Underground station but also along the High Road and surrounding areas, helping to enhance community safety and reassurance. Actioned 16 September 2026
Anti-Social Behaviour Related Priority - Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) around Woodside Park, George Meehan House and Glendale Avenue. Issued 17 May 2026	Targeted plain-clothes and high-visibility patrols will be conducted throughout Woodside Park, Glendale Avenue, and the area surrounding George Meehan House. Officers will issue Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) warnings, Community Protection Warnings (CPWs), and Community Protection Notices (CPNs) to persistent individuals responsible for ASB. Engagement will take place with individuals within Woodside Park, with stop and search powers utilised where lawful grounds exist. Additionally, Section 59 warnings will be issued to any individuals using vehicles in a manner that causes anti-social behaviour along Glendale Avenue and in the vicinity of George Meehan House. Actioned 16 September 2026
Theft Related Priority - Theft from Motor Vehicle around Pellatt Grove, Bracknell Close and surrounding roads off Lordship Lane. Issued 17 May 2026	Targeted plain-clothes and high-visibility patrols will be conducted across Woodside Park, Glendale Avenue, and the surrounding area of George Meehan House. Officers will take enforcement action against individuals persistently engaging in Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), including the issuing of Anti-Social Behaviour warnings, Community Protection Warnings (CPWs), and Community Protection Notices (CPNs). Officers will engage with individuals within Woodside Park, utilising stop-and-search powers where lawful grounds exist. Additionally, Section 59 warnings will be issued to individuals using vehicles in a manner that causes or is likely to cause anti-social behaviour along Glendale Avenue and in the vicinity of George Meehan House. Actioned 16 September 2026

Priority

Action taken

Violence Related Priority - Robbery around Wood Green High Road.

Issued 16 June 2026

Police Activity Update – High Road N22 / Wood Green Underground Station:

Targeted plain-clothes and high-visibility patrols are currently being conducted along and around the High Road, N22.
In addition, Operation Fineful is being carried out at Wood Green Underground Station. This is a passive drugs dog deployment operation aimed at deterring and detecting drug-related offences.

So far, the operation has resulted in multiple arrests, including those for serious and violent offences. Officers have also conducted a number of stop-and-searches, leading to the recovery of drugs and weapons.

The operation provides additional opportunities for officers and PCSOs to maintain a visible presence not only within the Underground station but also along the High Road and surrounding areas, helping to enhance community safety and reassurance.

Actioned 16 September 2026

Anti-Social Behaviour Related Priority - Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) around Woodside Park, George Meehan House and Glendale Avenue.

Issued 17 May 2026

Targeted plain-clothes and high-visibility patrols will be conducted throughout Woodside Park, Glendale Avenue, and the area surrounding George Meehan House. Officers will issue Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) warnings, Community Protection Warnings (CPWs), and Community Protection Notices (CPNs) to persistent individuals responsible for ASB.

Engagement will take place with individuals within Woodside Park, with stop and search powers utilised where lawful grounds exist. Additionally, Section 59 warnings will be issued to any individuals using vehicles in a manner that causes anti-social behaviour along Glendale Avenue and in the vicinity of George Meehan House.

Actioned 16 September 2026

Theft Related Priority - Theft from Motor Vehicle around Pellatt Grove, Bracknell Close and surrounding roads off Lordship Lane.

Issued 17 May 2026

Targeted plain-clothes and high-visibility patrols will be conducted across Woodside Park, Glendale Avenue, and the surrounding area of George Meehan House. Officers will take enforcement action against individuals persistently engaging in Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), including the issuing of Anti-Social Behaviour warnings, Community Protection Warnings (CPWs), and Community Protection Notices (CPNs).

Officers will engage with individuals within Woodside Park, utilising stop-and-search powers where lawful grounds exist. Additionally, Section 59 warnings will be issued to individuals using vehicles in a manner that causes or is likely to cause anti-social behaviour along Glendale Avenue and in the vicinity of George Meehan House.

Actioned 16 September 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 Woodside (Haringey) are saying are the issues in the area:

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