Hither Green

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 speak to your local team about policing issues, and find out how you can get involved, you can email them at HitherGreen.SNT@met.police.uk.

In an emergency always call 999.

If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of Hither Green have highlighted as priorities for the area recently. Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised by you and your communities in your local area. To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

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.

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.

ASB 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

SNT would like to reduce all 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 to deploy NOMAD cameras and look to proactively prosecute two Drugs related arrests /Warrants per month. We will report back to Councillors and residents at the Ward Panel meeting every three months.

Motor Vehicle Crime

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

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. We will Lewisham Council Trading Standards to involve Garages with preventative messaging and within two months identify two streets for NOMAD deployment/ pro-active patrolling.

In an emergency always call 999. If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.