Those present:
Chair: Clive Williams, SNT: PCSO Marina Minopoli (West Hill), PC Nick Seccombe (Southfields), PC Russell ‘Russ’ Clarke (Wandsworth Town); Residents: Gillian Alford, Jacqueline Hayes, Fergus Foord, Sue Wixley, Revd Vanessa Elston, Guy Humphries, Di Brennan, Aidan Magill, Trevor Howes, Dr Ahmed, Roz Wolfe, Ann Kerr, Ian Shaw.
- Total number of reported crimes for local wards – April to June 2025
| Ward | April | May | June |
| Southfields | 38 | 58 | 63 |
| East Putney | 83 | 83 | 96 |
| Roehampton | 143 | 153 | 180 |
| Wandsworth Town | 143 | 188 | 188 |
| West Hill | 96 | 88 | 69 |
| West Putney | 86 | 75 | 91 |
| Thamesfield | 136 | 139 | 126 |
| TOTALS | 725 | 784 | 813 |
- Crime Stats for Southfields Ward – April to June 2025
| Offence | April | May | June |
| Burglary residential | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Theft from motor vehicle* | 3 | 21 | 9 |
| Theft of motor vehicle | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Violence against the person** | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| TOTALS | 17 | 33 | 29 |
* likely to be driven up by theft of sensors (happening London-wide and which is hard to police). See crime prevention advice concerning theft from motor vehicles below.
** can include multiple reports from same household
Crime Prevention Advice: Theft from motor vehicles
- Always lock your vehicle and double check
- Close windows and sun-roof to prevent ‘fishing’
- Secure number plates with tamper-resistant screws
- Fit locking, anti-tamper wheel nuts to secure alloy wheels
- Take your valuable(s) with you or hide it/them
- Hide electrical items and leave no clues
- If tools are in a van, either remove them or have them security marked
- Park in a well-lit and busier area
- Take your documents with you
- Choose your car park wisely – use Park Mark
Issues covered:
- Quarterly stats – On the Southfields monthly stats, it was agreed that comparisons with the previous quarter as well as a year-on-year comparison would be useful in future.
- More patrols were carried out during Wimbledon Championships fortnight.
- St Barnabas Church Gardens becoming a dumping ground for packaging for stolen parcels, stolen items e.g. a purse, security passes and also potentially drugs. Even a memorial bench was lifted from the gardens and moved across Lavenham Road.
- Hanford Close – raised the issue of drug delivery & dealing and when approached the dealer was abusive. Although matter was originally reported to CrimeStoppers – nothing seemed to happen (mainly because anything reported to Crimestoppers is on an anonymous basis).
- Met Engage– should be seen more as an evidence gathering base – where local intelligence teams can analyse information submitted by residents and determine potential priority areas for Met police action.
- Additionally, engagement with the Met Police becoming more digitalised compared to face to face. The importance of residents attending Ward Panel meetings as well as having Cuppa with a Copper was stressed by the SNT team.
Community Contact meetings:
- Cuppa with a Copper (PCSO Marina Minopoli), 29 July, 11am-12pm, Southfields Library
- Southfields SNT Ward Panel, 11 October, 10.30 – 11.30am, St Barnabas Church
Southfields Grid Residents’ Association
