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

Police Constable

David Catlow

Sergeant

Gareth Evans

Inspector

Steve Graves

PCSO 7328SE

James Hendrick

Chief Inspector

Robert Holmes

Police Constable

Rachael Jarman

Neighbourhood Inspector

Richard Parrett

Police Constable

Sophie Scott

Police Constable

Christopher Walsh

Sergeant

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, focusing on reducing drink driving and speeding. Issued 15 January 2026	High visibility and plain clothes patrols, focusing on speeding and drink / drug drive offences by stopping offending drivers and breathalysing people suspected of being over the drink/drug drive limit. Speeding operations on main roads focusing on speeding offences. Drivers found to be committing road traffic offences will be reported for court consideration or points and fines on driving licenses. Actioned 29 January 2026
Sidcup High Street crime focus on ASB Issued 15 January 2026	High visibility patrols on Sidcup High Street with businesses engaged with regarding ongoing trends, including providing 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 29 January 2026
Reducing VAWG (Violence against women and girls) offences on the ward including NTE (Night Time Economy) Issued 15 January 2026	High visibility patrols in high offending areas across Sidcup ward and Sidcup High Street (NTE). Plain clothes patrols on Sidcup High Street and across Sidcup Ward Intelligence lead patrols in high offending areas. Arresting high harm and priority offenders across the ward reduce offending Actioned 15 January 2026

Priority

Action taken

Road Safety across the ward, focusing on reducing drink driving and speeding.

Issued 15 January 2026

High visibility and plain clothes patrols, focusing on speeding and drink / drug drive offences by stopping offending drivers and breathalysing people suspected of being over the drink/drug drive limit.
Speeding operations on main roads focusing on speeding offences.
Drivers found to be committing road traffic offences will be reported for court consideration or points and fines on driving licenses.

Actioned 29 January 2026

Sidcup High Street crime focus on ASB

Issued 15 January 2026

High visibility patrols on Sidcup High Street with businesses engaged with regarding ongoing trends, including providing 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 29 January 2026

Reducing VAWG (Violence against women and girls) offences on the ward including NTE (Night Time Economy)

Issued 15 January 2026

High visibility patrols in high offending areas across Sidcup ward and Sidcup High Street (NTE).
Plain clothes patrols on Sidcup High Street and across Sidcup Ward
Intelligence lead patrols in high offending areas.
Arresting high harm and priority offenders across the ward reduce offending

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

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