Colliers Wood

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Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

Colliers Wood 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 ColliersWood@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).

Kayleigh Beer

PCSO - Police Community Support Officer

Kevin Chambers

Inspector

Joel Freeman-White

Constable

Owen Graham

Sergeant

Lara Murton

Sergeant

Luke Taylor

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
Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls is a key aspect of the Mayors Policing Plan and a New Met for London. Issued 24 July 2025	We use data to identify specific problem areas in Colliers Wood. We work with Merton Council to make areas safer. We work with specialist departments to relentlessly pursue perpetrators of VAWG. Actioned 24 July 2025
Retail Crime Colliers Wood has a large retail footprint and is often targeted by shoplifters. Concerns have been raised by a number of residents due to the increase in shoplifting that they have noticed on the ward. Issued 24 July 2025	Local officers have participated in a number of operations targeting the shoplifting hotspots resulting in a number of arrests. Officers will continue to target shoplifters and seek to manage the most prolific offenders with long standing solutions, such as Community Behavioural Orders. Actioned 24 July 2025
Street Drinking Colliers Wood has seen an increase in Anti-Social Behaviour caused by street drinkers, such as drug taking and rowdy and inconsiderate behaviour. With particular hotspots being outside the tube station, on the High Street and its surrounding area. Issued 24 July 2025	Officers have patrolled the ward with Merton Safer Streets and are assisting in the implementation of the borough wide public space protection order (PSPO) on anti-social street drinking. Officers have also set up their own proactive management plan to focus efforts on reducing the amount of anti-social behaviour caused by street drinkers. Actioned 24 July 2025

Priority

Action taken

Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls is a key aspect of the Mayors Policing Plan and a New Met for London.

Issued 24 July 2025

We use data to identify specific problem areas in Colliers Wood. We work with Merton Council to make areas safer. We work with specialist departments to relentlessly pursue perpetrators of VAWG.

Actioned 24 July 2025

Retail Crime
Colliers Wood has a large retail footprint and is often targeted by shoplifters. Concerns have been raised by a number of residents due to the increase in shoplifting that they have noticed on the ward.

Issued 24 July 2025

Local officers have participated in a number of operations targeting the shoplifting hotspots resulting in a number of arrests. Officers will continue to target shoplifters and seek to manage the most prolific offenders with long standing solutions, such as Community Behavioural Orders.

Actioned 24 July 2025

Street Drinking
Colliers Wood has seen an increase in Anti-Social Behaviour caused by street drinkers, such as drug taking and rowdy and inconsiderate behaviour. With particular hotspots being outside the tube station, on the High Street and its surrounding area.

Issued 24 July 2025

Officers have patrolled the ward with Merton Safer Streets and are assisting in the implementation of the borough wide public space protection order (PSPO) on anti-social street drinking. Officers have also set up their own proactive management plan to focus efforts on reducing the amount of anti-social behaviour caused by street drinkers.

Actioned 24 July 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 Colliers Wood are saying are the issues in the area:

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