The Wandsworth Council Safer Neighbourhood Board was scheduled to meet on 12 June 2025 to discuss community safety and policing priorities. The agenda included updates on crime statistics, stop and search practices, and funding for community safety projects. The board was also expected to consider revised terms of reference and receive updates from ward panel chairs.

Safer Neighbourhood Board Data Pack

The board was scheduled to discuss the Safer Neighbourhood Board Data Pack, which included crime statistics and analysis for the period of February to April 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Some key points that the data pack was scheduled to cover:

• Total notifiable offences had decreased by 2.7% compared to the previous three-month period.
• The top three wards for crime in the past 12 months were Tooting Broadway, Battersea Park, and Wandsworth Town.
• Residential burglary had decreased by 18.6% over the past three months, compared to a 21% increase across London. The top wards for residential burglary offences over the 12-month period were Balham, St Mary's, and Battersea Park.
• Personal robbery had increased by 16% over the period, compared to a 5.8% decrease across London. The top wards for personal robbery offences over the 12-month period were Tooting Broadway, Balham, and Battersea Park.
• Theft of motor vehicles had increased by 21.6%, while theft from motor vehicles had increased by 0.3%. Thamesfield, Balham, and Furzedown were the top wards for vehicle crime over the previous 12 months.
• Non-domestic abuse violence with injury offences had decreased by 1.3%, and knife crime offences had decreased by 73.6%.
• Sexual offences had decreased by 2.7%, while rape offences had increased by 13.2%. Domestic abuse had seen a reduction of recorded incidents, with a decrease of 6.1%.

Terms of Reference

The board was scheduled to consider the adoption of revised Terms of Reference¹ for the board. The aims and objectives of the board, as outlined in the terms of reference, include:

1. To ensure communities are more closely involved in problem solving and crime prevention
2. To reflect MOPAC's broader responsibilities while respecting the view that local people will know best what is needed at the local level
3. To have greater reach and ensure a more frequent refresh of ideas and views
4. To provide greater public accountability of policing
5. To make more efficient use of resources to deliver value for money and target funds at tackling issues of local concern and crime prevention

The terms of reference also outline the membership of the board, which includes councillors, ward panel chairs, representatives from various community organisations, and non-voting members such as police and council officers.

Stop and Search Update

Andrew Healey, Stop and Search Lead, was scheduled to provide an update on stop and search practices. The update indicated that since the last Safer Neighbourhood Board meeting, there had been an opportunity to examine stop and search via the viewing of body-worn-video, and that all three clips were of a very high standard.

SNB Funding Update

The Community Safety Manager was scheduled to provide a short verbal update regarding the projects to be funded this year.

Ward Panel Chair Comments and Updates

The board was scheduled to receive reports from Ward Panel Chairs. Some of the key issues raised in the reports include:

• Battersea Park: CCTV gaps, anti-social behaviour, speeding, drug use, and late-night violence.
• Furzedown: Robbery, theft from/of motor vehicles, anti-social behaviour, and drug-dealing.
• Nine Elms: Phone snatching, drug dealing, youth intimidation, lack of visible policing, and women's safety concerns.
• Southfields: Shoplifting, parking meter scams, and attempted break-ins.
• Tooting Broadway: The results of the police facial recognition van placed outside Tooting Broadway station, which resulted in 3 arrests.
• West Hill: Discrepancy between crime stats and the new marking kit called SelectaDNA².
• West Putney: Increasing drug-related crimes, burglary, and theft.