Operated by: Metropolitan Police Service

https://www.met.police.uk/area/your-area/met/Southwark/London-Bridge-and-West-Bermondsey

Contact Details

Email: [email protected]

Current Priorities

Issue

Robbery / Weapons: This includes all hotspot areas where members of the public are getting robbed of mobile phones, watches and other items mainly around Tooley Street, Borough High Street, St Thomas Street and Tower Bridge Road. This can be from knife point robberies to cycle enabled phone snatches

Action

There is a regular high-visibility police presence in the area to detect and deter criminal activity. The Safer Neighbourhood Team offer crime prevention advice to members of the public. The team conduct weapon sweeps regularly to in order to remove hidden weapons and prevent their potential use in violent crime.

Issue

London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward area has a wide array of small supermarkets that are targetted by prolific shoplifters. These individuals are often linked into our other ward priority of drug use and vagrancy.

Action

The Safer Neighbourhoods Team work with venues to identify prolific repeat offenders who account for the vast majority of offences.
Charges are served on these individuals and officers seek CBOs that can then be enforced to curb further behaviour in this area.

Issue

London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward area has a wide array of small supermarkets that are targetted by prolific shoplifters. These individuals are often linked into our other ward priority of

Beggars, Rough sleepers and street drinkers across the ward though mainly Borough High Street, London Bridge station area and Tooley Street causing various Anti-social Behaviour such as rowdiness around shop areas and mess left near residential areas as well drug use.

Action

The team conduct regular engagement activity with the Street Population sign posting them to services in order to house and rehabilitate. Joint patrols with a specialist NHS nurse dedicated to the Street Population, drugs and alcohol support workers, charity outreach workers and the Street Population lead for Southwark Council. Those committing crime or anti-social behaviour are dealt with appropriately