Forest Hill

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Forest Hill 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 ForestHill@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).

Gavin Durnell (Police, Inspector, Lewisham)

Gavin Durnell

Inspector

Hamdiya Hassan (Metropolitan Police, Constable, Forest Hill)

Hamdiya Hassan

Constable

Amie McCreery (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Forest Hill Safer Neighbourhood Team)

Amie Mccreery

PCSO

Nathan Munday (Police, Sergeant, Forest Hill, Perry Vale and Crofton Park)

Nathan Munday

Sergeant

Jordan Nye (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Forest Hill Safer neighbourhood )

Jordan Nye

Police Constable

Charlene Pavitt (Police, Superintendent, Lewisham)

Charlene Pavitt

Superintendent

Paul Shaw (Metropolitan Police, Dedicated Ward Officer, Perry Vale SNT)

Paul Shaw

Dedicated Ward Officer

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

Public Order Offences

Issued 04 September 2025

There has been an increase in Public Order incidents around Dartmouth Road and the licensed premises involving possible street drinkers. These incidents have resulted in people being assaulted and also feeling intimidated.

Police have been conducting numerous plain clothes and uniformed patrols in the area's of concern and conducted stops of suspects offenders. The team are conducting high visibility pulse patrols in the locality and are seeking a possible Public Space Protection Order to minimise street drinking in the area.

Actioned 04 September 2025

Motor Vehicle Crime

Issued 04 September 2025

Motor Vehicle Crime including theft of and also theft from. There has been considerably concerning increase in vehicle thefts in and around Ringmore Rise and surrounding roads. Officers conduct proactive plain clothes and uniformed patrols in the area and also hold regular street briefings with residents to discuss the issues.
Patrols continue to be conducted both as overt and covert. Officers are utilisng intelligence and local knowledge to target offenders and have also provided crime prevention signs in and around the local area. Police continue to push for CCTV at specific locations targeted.

Actioned 04 September 2025

Burglary Offences

Issued 04 September 2025

Burglary - The statistics in regards to Burglary fluctates during certain periods of the year. Burglaries appear to occur around Devonshire Road area whereby residential premises are targeted.
Crime prevention advise in regards to burglary is provided to residents and officers attend if a burglary has occured. Recent suspects had been identified for a spate of burglaries in the local area and enquiries continue in regards to these however the team also arrested a group of offenders who were linked to 18 burglaries.

Actioned 04 September 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 Forest Hill are saying are the issues in the area:

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Motor Vehicle Crime

Hello Resident I hope all is well and we all had a great summer period. I just wanted to reach out...

Metropolitan Police
11/09/2025 13:24:36

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OPERATION HELD IN SYDENHAM TO MAKE SOUTH EAST TRANSPORT HUBS SAFER

An operation involving the British Transport Police and Officers from the Metropolitan Police Lewish...

Metropolitan Police
09/09/2025 13:44:50

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BURGLARY SUSPECT CAUGHT AFTER MEMBER OF THE PUBLICS QUICK THINKING

Officers from the Lewisham area successfully arrested a burglary suspect on Sunday 7th September aft...

Metropolitan Police
09/09/2025 10:53:31

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SHOPLIFTING TRIO CHARGED FOR 63 OFFENCES AFTER STORE TARGETTED DAILY BY THIEVES

Local Lewisham officers have had success in catching a trio of shoplifters who have been targeting a...

Metropolitan Police
04/09/2025 12:14:31

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DEPTFORD COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER FOR THE GRAND RE-OPENING OF THE RIVERSIDE YOUTH CENTRE

Police officers from the Local Deptford area attended the grand opening of the new Riverside Youth C...

Metropolitan Police
22/08/2025 14:57:57

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LOCAL LEWISHAM POLICE TACKLE ILLEGAL E-BIKES SEIZING 10 WITHIN 2 HOURS

A local operation took place recently within the Lewisham area to tackle a wave of illegal E-Bikes t...

Metropolitan Police
21/08/2025 13:45:23

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Ward Panel Meeting : Thu 21 Aug 19:30

Dear residents, Please be aware of the date/location of the next ward panel meeting, we hope you ...

Metropolitan Police
20/08/2025 12:59:50

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SOUTH-EAST OFFICERS INVITED TO CELEBRATE RAKSHA BANDHAN WITH LOCAL HINDU COMMUNITY

Officers and leaders across the South-East policing teams come together on the 5th of August to help...

Metropolitan Police
18/08/2025 09:53:08

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