St Mary's & St James

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St Mary's & St James 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 StMary's&StJames@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).

David Catlow

Sergeant

Lovyna Dee

PCSO

Robert Holmes

Dedicated Ward Officer

Rachael Jarman

Inspector

Ersin Kesen

Dedicated Ward Officer

Ryan Muldoon

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
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	Visible vehicle and foot patrols will occur through out the shifts to prevent and deter any Anti social behaviour. 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. Particular attention to Bexley village and the North Cray Meadows - Mounted branch and cycle patrols. Actioned 22 October 2025
Motor Vehicle Crime and Road Safety - This is in relation to all motor vehicle offences, including traffic offences such as speeding, no insurance and not in accordance with a driving licence along with theft of a motor vehicle and theft from a motor vehicle. Speeding North Cray Rd, Hurst Rd and surrounding areas. Converters by way of crime prevention events, stalls, door to door enquiries, street briefings and Operations (E.g. Operation Huntsman, Operation Golden Hook). Issued 15 July 2025	Road safety speeding operations on various points of the ward. Joint MV crime proactive operations with Kent Police. MV Crime cocooning, Crime prevention stands. Tool marking events at DIY stores and building sites. CP messaging over social media and KIN emails. Actioned 22 October 2025
Burglary - The Ward Panel decided to keep this as a priority, the panel members are concerned that this time of the year number of burglaries goes up. Panel members are also concerned that rising costs of living will have an impact at this type of crimes. Issued 15 July 2025	Burglary patrols around both residential and business areas. Cocooning, which involves door to door enquiries and CCTV trawls to identify offenders. Street Briefings - Tile Kiln Lane area. Crime Prevention Events whereby home security is reinforced and advice given on protecting your property. Actioned 22 October 2025

Priority

Action taken

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

Visible vehicle and foot patrols will occur through out the shifts to prevent and deter any Anti social behaviour.
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.

Particular attention to Bexley village and the North Cray Meadows -
Mounted branch and cycle patrols.

Actioned 22 October 2025

Motor Vehicle Crime and Road Safety - This is in relation to all motor vehicle offences, including traffic offences such as speeding, no insurance and not in accordance with a driving licence along with theft of a motor vehicle and theft from a motor vehicle. Speeding North Cray Rd, Hurst Rd and surrounding areas. Converters by way of crime prevention events, stalls, door to door enquiries, street briefings and Operations (E.g. Operation Huntsman, Operation Golden Hook).

Issued 15 July 2025

Road safety speeding operations on various points of the ward.
Joint MV crime proactive operations with Kent Police. MV Crime cocooning, Crime prevention stands. Tool marking events at DIY stores and building sites. CP messaging over social media and KIN emails.

Actioned 22 October 2025

Burglary - The Ward Panel decided to keep this as a priority, the panel members are concerned that this time of the year number of burglaries goes up. Panel members are also concerned that rising costs of living will have an impact at this type of crimes.

Issued 15 July 2025

Burglary patrols around both residential and business areas. Cocooning, which involves door to door enquiries and CCTV trawls to identify offenders.
Street Briefings - Tile Kiln Lane area. Crime Prevention Events whereby home security is reinforced and advice given on protecting your property.

Actioned 22 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 St Mary's & St James are saying are the issues in the area:

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