Twickenham Riverside

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Twickenham Riverside 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 TwickenhamRiverside@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).

Sam Argent (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, RICHMOND SNT CYP, TWICKENHAM)

Sam Argent

Police Constable

Kourosh Far (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Twickenham Riverside SNT)

Kourosh Far

PCSO

Rachel Garratt (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable , St Margarets Safer Neighbourhood Team )

Rachel Garratt

Police Constable

Paul James (Metropolitan Police, Chief Inspector, Richmond and Wandsworth Neighbourhood Policing Teams)

Paul James

Chief Inspector

Jason Lawes (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, Twickenham Riverside & St Margaret's & North Twickenham)

Jason Lawes

Sergeant

Jon McLoughlin (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Richmond Borough)

Jon Mcloughlin

Inspector

Harry Morris (Metropolitan Police, SNT PC, Twickenham Riverside, SW)

Harry Morris

SNT PC

Christopher Scammell (Metropolitan Police, Superintendent, Richmond Upon Thames Borough)

Christopher Scammell

Superintendent

Dean Smith (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Twickenham Riverside Ward)

Dean Smith

Police Constable

Local Priority Issues


Twickenham Riverside Ward current priorities:

Robberies of personal property targeting school-age children - Twickenham High Street.

Dedicated ward officers conducting  regular targeted patrols in uniform and plain clothes. Patrol areas are chosen using police data which has recorded previous crimes . Time, school dismissal  has been proven to be a contributor to the offence, the ward officers continually asses the available crime data to  utilise their time as efficiently as possible.

Theft , Shoplifting.

Theft retail has become a national problem , the ward has suffered in recent months .

Using crime data the ward officers have been able to identify venues which have suffered from a high number of offences , the ward officers will be targeting the venues with uniformed and plain cloth patrols , 

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Anti Social Behaviour caused by Street Drinkers - Twickenham High Street

Dedicated ward officers  believe early intervention is the key, officers will use crime data to identify those areas which have a high number of recorded incidents , the ward officers work with the local authority  Park Guard , partnership working offers the option of both enforcement and guidance.

 

What members in Twickenham Riverside are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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Ward Panel Meeting : Wed 16 Jul 19:00

WARD PANEL/POLICE LIAISON GROUP MEETING ST MARGARET’S & NORTH TWICKENHAM The next meeting wi...

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16/06/2025 08:33:43

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Vulnerable Missing Person

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15/06/2025 12:55:28

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Richmond fraud - May 2025

I attach the cybercrime summary figures for May 2025. This is reported crime only, and just in this ...

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10/06/2025 20:00:52

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PLG Report - June 2025

Dear resident, Thank you to all who attended the most recent ward panel meeting (05/06/2025), we w...

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10/06/2025 16:23:21

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May 2025 Fraud Statistics

Dear resident, Hope you are well. Attached is the cybercrime summary figures for May 2025. This ...

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10/06/2025 15:43:12

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Live Facial recognition operation - Richmond town centre

Dear Resident,Thank you for taking the local priority survey recently, we note that you highlighted...

Metropolitan Police
09/06/2025 10:22:57

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*REMINDER* Ward Panel Meeting : Thu 05 Jun 18:30pm

Dear Resident, Hope you are well A friendly reminder that Twickenham riverside safer neighbourho...

Metropolitan Police
05/06/2025 15:49:29

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Richmond Council Youth Crime and Safety Survey

Dear Resident, Hope you are well! Richmond Council have been working alongside the Kingston and ...

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22/05/2025 15:31:54

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