St Mary's & St James

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.

St Mary's & St James - Bexley 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 StMarys&StJames-Bexley@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).

Lovyna Dee

PCSO

Gareth Evans

Inspector

Robert Holmes

Police Constable

Ryan Muldoon

Police Constable

Christopher Walsh

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
Motor Vehicle Crime and Road Safety - This is in relation to all motor vehicle offences, including speeding, driving with no insurance, driving not in accordance with a driving licence and theft of and theft from a motor vehicle. Issued 01 September 2026	High visibility and plain clothes Patrols to reduce motor vehicle offences. Crime prevention events to provide crime prevention advice to residents and victims of crime. Cocooning around offences Street briefings. Road safety speeding operations on various points of the ward. Joint MV crime proactive operations with Kent Police. Crime Prevention messaging through Met Engage. Actioned 12 January 2027
VAWG and violence reduction in and around Bexley Village Issued 01 September 2026	High visibility and plain clothes patrols in and around Bexley Village to tackle and reduce violence offences, including violence against women and girls (VAWG). High visibility operations at Bexley Train Station and businesses in Bexley Village to reduce offending and identify offenders. Licensing visits and checks at establishments Engagement with licensee's to identify and deter offenders. Arresting outstanding high harm offenders to reduce offending. Actioned 12 January 2027
Reduce Burglary offences Issued 01 September 2026	Through conducting intelligence led high visibility patrols in impacted areas. Plain clothes patrols with use of stop and search where appropriate. Arresting outstanding high harm offenders impacting the ward. Resident engagement through street briefings and crime prevention stalls. Crime prevention messaging through Met Engage Actioned 12 January 2027

Priority

Action taken

Motor Vehicle Crime and Road Safety - This is in relation to all motor vehicle offences, including speeding, driving with no insurance, driving not in accordance with a driving licence and theft of and theft from a motor vehicle.

Issued 01 September 2026

High visibility and plain clothes Patrols to reduce motor vehicle offences.
Crime prevention events to provide crime prevention advice to residents and victims of crime.
Cocooning around offences
Street briefings.
Road safety speeding operations on various points of the ward.
Joint MV crime proactive operations with Kent Police.
Crime Prevention messaging through Met Engage.

Actioned 12 January 2027

VAWG and violence reduction in and around Bexley Village

Issued 01 September 2026

High visibility and plain clothes patrols in and around Bexley Village to tackle and reduce violence offences, including violence against women and girls (VAWG).
High visibility operations at Bexley Train Station and businesses in Bexley Village to reduce offending and identify offenders.
Licensing visits and checks at establishments
Engagement with licensee's to identify and deter offenders.
Arresting outstanding high harm offenders to reduce offending.

Actioned 12 January 2027

Reduce Burglary offences

Issued 01 September 2026

Through conducting intelligence led high visibility patrols in impacted areas.
Plain clothes patrols with use of stop and search where appropriate.
Arresting outstanding high harm offenders impacting the ward.
Resident engagement through street briefings and crime prevention stalls.
Crime prevention messaging through Met Engage

Actioned 12 January 2027

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:

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