Hither Green

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Hither Green 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 HitherGreen@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

Inspector

Kit Kauma

Sergeant

James Miners

PCSO

Charlene Pavitt

Superintendent

Daniela Perez

Police Constable

Shane Sutherland

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
Violence Related Priority To address community concerns relating to women and girls feeling safe while walking alone or out at night. To prevent any members of the public feeling unsafe when out at any time. Issued 19 June 2025	Patrols continue to be conducted. Engagements continue along with partners. Action –In relation to Phone snatches in the late hours of the evening, within one month leaflet drop 3 streets where the crime is most prevalent. Within one month, liaise with BTP to have joint messaging displayed at all Transport hubs on the Ward. SNT officers will hold ‘Teams’ meetings with Partners such as Lewisham Council, Businesses and Councillors every three months to monitor results and amend strategy. Actioned 19 September 2025
Anti Social Behaviour relating to Drugs Reports of drug dealing / misuse and associated criminality such a Shoplifting, particularly in Hither Green Lane and in the environs of St Mungos Hostel will be address by nominating this as the default patrol area for DWO and PCSO officers to undertake High Viz. preventative patrols once every tour of duty when resources allow . Using powers of stop and search where appropriate and lawful. Liaising with residents to build confidence and intelligence Issued 19 June 2025	SNT would like to reduce Drug related activity in the Hither Green Ward, this being one of Hither Green SNT most reported crimes which facilitates further ASB calls such as urinating, intimidation and Graffiti. We will undertake the required training and liaise with internal stakeholders to support in offence reduction Actioned 19 September 2025
Motor Vehicle Crime Motor vehicle crime, instances have increased therefore SNT will research CONNECT on a daily basis to target the areas and undertake uniformed High Visibility patrols Issued 19 June 2025	Increase recovering vehicles which have been stolen, this will be done by referring all stolen vehicles to the ANPR database and will check daily CONNECT reports to ensure the PNC maker is in place. Actioned 19 September 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence Related Priority

To address community concerns relating to women and girls feeling safe while walking alone or out at night. To prevent any members of the public feeling unsafe when out at any time.

Issued 19 June 2025

Patrols continue to be conducted. Engagements continue along with partners.
Action –In relation to Phone snatches in the late hours of the evening, within one month leaflet drop 3 streets where the crime is most prevalent. Within one month, liaise with BTP to have joint messaging displayed at all Transport hubs on the Ward. SNT officers will hold ‘Teams’ meetings with Partners such as Lewisham Council, Businesses and Councillors every three months to monitor results and amend strategy.

Actioned 19 September 2025

Anti Social Behaviour relating to Drugs

Reports of drug dealing / misuse and associated criminality such a Shoplifting, particularly in Hither Green Lane and in the environs of St Mungos Hostel will be address by nominating this as the default patrol area for DWO and PCSO officers to undertake High Viz. preventative patrols once every tour of duty when resources allow . Using powers of stop and search where appropriate and lawful. Liaising with residents to build confidence and intelligence

Issued 19 June 2025

SNT would like to reduce Drug related activity in the Hither Green Ward, this being one of Hither Green SNT most reported crimes which facilitates further ASB calls such as urinating, intimidation and Graffiti. We will undertake the required training and liaise with internal stakeholders to support in offence reduction

Actioned 19 September 2025

Motor Vehicle Crime

Motor vehicle crime, instances have increased therefore SNT will research CONNECT on a daily basis to target the areas and undertake uniformed High Visibility patrols

Issued 19 June 2025

Increase recovering vehicles which have been stolen, this will be done by referring all stolen vehicles to the ANPR database and will check daily CONNECT reports to ensure the PNC maker is in place.

Actioned 19 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 Hither Green are saying are the issues in the area:

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

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