Wandsworth Police numbers pass 700

According to the (Conservative-run) Metropolitan Police Authority, Wandsworth now has a total of 706 Police and Community Support Officers.

That's higher than it was in 1993, before the then Conservative Government under Home Secretary Michael Howard started cutting police officer numbers massively: by the trough of their cuts, Police numbers in Wandsworth had been reduced to just 568.

It's taken a decade of Labour investment to get Police numbers back up but they now show that our borough has 603 officers plus an additional 102 Community Support Officers playing their vital role in our Safer Neighbourhood teams, on patrol in your street.

This is great news for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields and its why our area continues to be one of the safest in London.