Woolwich Dockyard
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Woolwich Dockyard 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 WoolwichDockyard@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).
Alex Baldwin
Inspector
William Hughes
Sergeant
Matthew Payne
Police Constable
Laura-Jane Rapley
PCSO
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 |
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ASB related to drunk persons and drug taking associated with three local bars, those being CQ Lounge, Le Wouri and MIMI's Lounge; encompassing McDonalds where persons tend to congregate. Drink and drug driving, loud music and parking issues are all prevelant Issued 08 October 2026 |
Conduct joint operation with traffic, council, SNT and licensing officers to combat the three locations. Work with the McDonalds owner to ascertain how they can better prepare themselves Actioned 21 January 2027 |
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Drug related Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) – FRANCIS STREET j/w OGILBY STREET outside local shops Issued 08 October 2026 |
Hi visibility patrols also encompassing Plain clothes proactive operations in order to reassure the local community. Utilise stop search powers to identify offending Actioned 21 January 2027 |
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Drug related ASB outside The Post Office on MARYON ROAD Issued 08 October 2026 |
High viz patrols in the area to deter crime. Plain clothes patrols to detain suspects causing ASB and build intel picture. Work with the post office to ascertain what they can do to assist disperse this crime type Actioned 21 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 Woolwich Dockyard are saying are the issues in the area:
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