Sidcup

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.

Sidcup 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 Sidcup@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).

Daniel Austin

Dedicated Ward Officer

David Catlow

Sergeant

Gareth Evans

Inspector

Steve Graves

PCSO

Finn Haughey

PCSO

James Hendrick

Chief Inspector

Robert Holmes

Dedicated Ward Officer

Rachael Jarman

Inspector

Ersin Kesen

Dedicated Ward Officer

Richard Parrett

Dedicated Ward Officer

Melanie Pressley

Superintendent

Sophie Scott

Dedicated Ward Officer

Gurvinder Thumber

Mark Watson

Police Constable

Steven Watson

Sergeant

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
Road Safety across the ward - Drink and drug drive focus on Friday and Saturday evenings. Speeding - Faraday Ave and other main routes around the ward. Issued 15 July 2025	Focus on drink and drug drive enforcement on late shifts. Involving stopping drivers and breathalysing people suspected of being over the drink/drug drive limit. Day shifts - Speeding and issues with food delivery and uninsured drivers. Involving stopping various vehicles and checking driving licenses, insurance and overall condition of the vehicles. Reporting various offences for court consideration or points and fines on driving licenses. Actioned 15 October 2025
Motor Vehicle Crime - Theft of Motor Vehicle targeting keyless entry vehicle crime by way of events, training and networking. Crime prevention advice and emails have been sent to our KINS network. Keen to promote further and gain extra contacts. Theft from Motor Vehicle patrols during twilight and dusk. Crime prevention emails to lock personal vehicles and remove property from show, engagement stands and working to encourage vans to mark tools. Issued 15 July 2025	Ongoing operations, innovation hub, events and training around Theft of Motor Vehicle and Theft from Motor Vehicle. Tool marking events at DITY store locations around the borough. Joint Kent / Met proactive operations targeting offenders which cross the border. Boot fair patrols then need to be completed to identify forensically marked property. Actioned 15 October 2025
ASB - As we are now in school summer holidays, rowdy or inconsiderate behaviour will likely increase and needs to be addressed and prevented. This is in attempts to avoid any disturbance amongst the local area which tends to affect neighbours as highlighted in the ward panel. Issued 15 July 2025	High visibility patrols and businesses engaged with ongoing trends, crime prevention advice and support reports made to police. Any persons caught or identified as causing ASB will be given warnings initially if the first time. If continued ASB occurs then further measures will be implemented, which include Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABC), Community Protection Notice Warning (CPNW), Community Protection Warning (CPN), arrest and charges for any offences. Actioned 15 October 2025

Priority

Action taken

Road Safety across the ward - Drink and drug drive focus on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Speeding - Faraday Ave and other main routes around the ward.

Issued 15 July 2025

Focus on drink and drug drive enforcement on late shifts. Involving stopping drivers and breathalysing people suspected of being over the drink/drug drive limit.
Day shifts - Speeding and issues with food delivery and uninsured drivers. Involving stopping various vehicles and checking driving licenses, insurance and overall condition of the vehicles. Reporting various offences for court consideration or points and fines on driving licenses.

Actioned 15 October 2025

Motor Vehicle Crime - Theft of Motor Vehicle targeting keyless entry vehicle crime by way of events, training and networking. Crime prevention advice and emails have been sent to our KINS network. Keen to promote further and gain extra contacts.
Theft from Motor Vehicle patrols during twilight and dusk. Crime prevention emails to lock personal vehicles and remove property from show, engagement stands and working to encourage vans to mark tools.

Issued 15 July 2025

Ongoing operations, innovation hub, events and training around Theft of Motor Vehicle and Theft from Motor Vehicle. Tool marking events at DITY store locations around the borough. Joint Kent / Met proactive operations targeting offenders which cross the border.
Boot fair patrols then need to be completed to identify forensically marked property.

Actioned 15 October 2025

ASB - As we are now in school summer holidays, rowdy or inconsiderate behaviour will likely increase and needs to be addressed and prevented. This is in attempts to avoid any disturbance amongst the local area which tends to affect neighbours as highlighted in the ward panel.

Issued 15 July 2025

High visibility patrols and businesses engaged with ongoing trends, crime prevention advice and support reports made to police.
Any persons caught or identified as causing ASB will be given warnings initially if the first time. If continued ASB occurs then further measures will be implemented, which include Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABC), Community Protection Notice Warning (CPNW), Community Protection Warning (CPN), arrest and charges for any offences.

Actioned 15 October 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 Sidcup are saying are the issues in the area:

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