Merton Park

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Merton Park 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 MertonPark@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).

Nathan Attwell (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, Merton Park, Ravensbury & St Helier Wards)

Nathan Attwell

Sergeant

Paula Besleaga (Metropolitan Police, PCSO - Police Community Support Officer, Merton Park Ward)

Paula Besleaga

PCSO - Police Community Support Officer

Thomas Carter (Metropolitan Police, Constable, Merton Park Ward)

Thomas Carter

Constable

Kevin Chambers (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Merton)

Kevin Chambers

Inspector

Scott Edwards (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, ERPT)

Scott Edwards

Sergeant

David Haywood (Metropolitan Police, PCSO - Police Community Support Officer, Merton Park Ward)

David Haywood

PCSO - Police Community Support Officer

Jasmyn Johnson (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, ERPT and OPS Room)

Jasmyn Johnson

Sergeant

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

Burglary

Issued 11 August 2025

PCSO's have been completing re-assurance and crime prevention patrols to areas where there have been burglaries on the ward.
Offence number remains consistent, a 3.1% increase year on year, which equates to 1 additional burglary over the last 12 months compared to the previous 3 months.

Local officers will conduct enquiries around offences, looking for any evidential leads such as CCTV and analysing offences to see if any linked series are occurring with a similar pattern

Actioned 11 November 2025

Anti-social behaviour in parks and open spaces

Issued 11 August 2025

Officers will continue to patrol parks and open spaces where there are higher levels of reported anti-social behaviour, including rowdy and inconsiderate behaviour and drug use.
If there are any instances of such please report them so we are aware of locations and dates and times of incidents occurring so that patrols can be best targeted.

Actioned 11 November 2025

Theft and Violence related offences - Morden Town Centre

Issued 11 July 2025

Officers have been completing both visible and plain clothed patrols in Morden Town Centre, targeting theft and violent crime.

This work has lead to a decrease in theft offences.
12% decrease in robbery year on year (average of 1.6 a month over the last 5 months)
A 43.5% reduction in retail theft over the last 5 months in Morden Town Centre (18.4% decrease year on year)

Actioned 11 August 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 Merton Park are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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Merton Council Need Your Views

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Metropolitan Police
05/09/2025 13:27:25

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Person committing criminal damage including graffiti, and other ASB

Dear residents. We are aware of an individual who has been seen on numerous occasions, writing on ...

Metropolitan Police
24/08/2025 14:45:10

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Good news

Dear residents I have been asked to share this great news with you! Have a lovely weekend. Mer...

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24/08/2025 14:33:55

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Crime prevention advice - Protecting your home from crime - Keep burglars out of your property

Burglars will use a variety of ways to avoid being noticed. They don’t want to be seen or heard by a...

Metropolitan Police
10/08/2025 08:45:55

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Crime prevention advice - Protecting your home from crime - How safe is your flat?

Although there are fewer points of entry to a flat, they need to be as well protected as possible. A...

Metropolitan Police
09/08/2025 08:46:14

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Crime prevention advice - Protecting your home from crime - Window security

Burglars target windows as they can offer easier access than doors. Check how your windows look from...

Metropolitan Police
08/08/2025 08:45:32

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We know how much burglary matters.....

Dear all, Following reports of a burglary in Martin Way, Morden last week, I wanted to inform resi...

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08/08/2025 08:05:18

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Theft From Motor Vehicles - Crime Prevention advice

Dear residents. We are seeing a rise in thefts FROM a motor vehicle. The reports maintain that the v...

Metropolitan Police
07/08/2025 08:37:22

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