Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown

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.

Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown 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 PurleyOaks&Riddlesdown@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).

Sam Brooks

PCSO

Sara Ginn

Sergeant

Aimee Hooker

Police Constable

Andrew Smith

Inspector

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
Theft of Motor Vehicle - To maintain and reduce motor vehicle crime - including theft of and theft from. Issued 05 February 2026	To visit with victims of providing reassurance and crime prevention advice. Monitor patterns or trends of these incidents and implement intelligence lead policing. Actioned 22 May 2026
Burglary - To reduce residential and non-residential burglaries across the ward. Issued 05 February 2026	To attend all victims of burglary providing reassurance and crime prevention advice. Actioned 22 May 2026
Engagement with youths and the Elderly. Issued 05 February 2026	To attend schools and youth events and visit care homes for the elderly. Actioned 22 May 2026

Priority

Action taken

Theft of Motor Vehicle - To maintain and reduce motor vehicle crime - including theft of and theft from.

Issued 05 February 2026

To visit with victims of providing reassurance and crime prevention advice. Monitor patterns or trends of these incidents and implement intelligence lead policing.

Actioned 22 May 2026

Burglary - To reduce residential and non-residential burglaries across the ward.

Issued 05 February 2026

To attend all victims of burglary providing reassurance and crime prevention advice.

Actioned 22 May 2026

Engagement with youths and the Elderly.

Issued 05 February 2026

To attend schools and youth events and visit care homes for the elderly.

Actioned 22 May 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 Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey