Woolwich Arsenal

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Woolwich Arsenal 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 WoolwichArsenal@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).

Abu Bah (Metropolitan Police Service, PCSO, Woolwich Arsenal )

Abu Bah

PCSO

Richard Cartwright (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, WOOLWICH ARSENAL)

Richard Cartwright

Police Constable

Benjamin Giles (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Woolwich Arsenal SNT)

Benjamin Giles

Police Constable

Syed Haque (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Woolwich Arsenal SNT)

Syed Haque

PCSO

William Hughes (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, Woolwich Wards SE BCU)

William Hughes

Sergeant

Sukhdeep Johal (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, Woolwich Town Centre)

Sukhdeep Johal

Sergeant

Lee Smith (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, Woolwich Dockyard Est, Woolwich Common Est, Woolwich Arsenal)

Lee Smith

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

Alcohol-related anti-social behaviour, particularly around Gordon Square

Issued 23 September 2026

Work with the town centre team to tackle this issue. One operation per month leading to Xmas period to identify offenders, working with council to issue fines

Actioned 11 December 2026

Anti-social behaviour, particularly issues relating to rough sleeping within the development

Issued 23 September 2026

Continued patrols on the Royal Arsenal estate. Stop searching individuals where grounds exist. Issuign CPW and CPN's to persistent offenders.

Actioned 11 December 2026

Theft from motor vehicles

Issued 23 September 2026

Patrols in areas where the local building trade are parking their commercial vehicles. The SNT will link in with construction sites to establish best practicies for parking

Actioned 11 December 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 Woolwich Arsenal are saying are the issues in the area:

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Rose Bruford Freshers Welcome Week Fayre

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25/09/2026 15:55:03

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Local Safer Neighbourhood Officers working with Proactive Teams

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25/09/2026 13:58:37

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Anti Social Behaviour Update

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24/09/2026 09:07:51

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Freshers Services Fayre at Goldsmiths University

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23/09/2026 14:05:15

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Reminder - Woolwich Arsenal ward panel meeting

Dear Residents of Woolwich Arsenal, Please attend our ward panel meeting at Bentham House. Date:...

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21/09/2026 13:57:13

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Rough Sleeper issued a Community Protection Notice

A persistent rough sleeper was issued a Community Protection Notice conditions not to sleep rough in...

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11/09/2026 08:29:53

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Two males arrested

PC's 1130SE and 1374SE sighted two males acting suspicious on Bloomfield Road SE18.Following a searc...

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08/09/2026 13:19:10

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Suspect identified

A suspect has been identified of CCTV for theft from motor vehicle crime.The suspect stole victims b...

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30/08/2026 08:04:21

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