Your 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.
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Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
ASB and drug dealing in the area of the tube station leading to increased ASB, drug dealing and violence.
Action taken:
S - Specifically to reduce ASB and drug dealing in and around the tube station
M- Measurable by the ward team conducting high visibility patrols of the area, conduct intelligence led stop and search. Arrest and bring to justice prolific offenders.
A - Achievable as part of the ward teams patrol plans and in conjunction with neighbouring ward teams and partners
R - relevant as requested by ward panel members
T - Timely as can be incorporated into daily ward patrols****updates***
HI VIS patrols in the area, stop and searches conducted and a number of disposals for drugs offences.
Violent offences in the area have been and remain low.
Will increase patrols as spring approaches as ASB drugs in this area increases as the year progresses29/05/26 ward panel confirmed remains priority, patrols continue to deter and prevent offences
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Priority:
Increased incidents of theft in westway cross as well as incidents of violence & drug issues related to the criminals targeting the centre.
Action taken:
S - Specifically to tackle increased theft and crime at the shopping centre.
M - measurable as ward team will conduct high visibility patrols, work with the businesses to improve cctv, lighting etc to reduce crime. Arrest and bring to justice prolific offenders targeting the area.
A - Achievable as long term intervention will be assisted by daily ward patrols of the location and partnership work
R - relevant as ward panel members requested it
T - Timely as can be achieved over time, will be a long term issue that benefits from daily presence*****updates****
Reports of shoplifting in the area is at low levels. HI VIS patrols continue in the area. There have been no car meets in this area for some time.29/4/26 ward panel confirmed remains priority, patrols continue to deter and prevent offences
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Priority:
Street drinking (Oldfield recreation ground and vicinity): Small groups drinking in public leading to Anti Social Behaviour and at times violence.
Action taken:
S - specifically to reduce street drinking and associated problems
M - Measured by the Ward teams ability to enforce the PSPO, work in partnership with the council to deter and prevent street drinking. Conduct regular high visibility patrols to reduce levels of street drinking. Arrest and bring to justice prolific offenders
A - Achievable as part of ward team patrols and with partnership approach
R - relevant as requested by ward panel
T - Timely as patrol plans for the ward team can incorporate this priority******updates****
HI VIS patrols continue in this area, this time of year there is a reduction in street drinking but when seen it is being dealt with by moving persons on and issuing various disposals to more persistent offenders. Contact has been made with licensed premise reminding them of laws re selling of alcohol (extra strong restrictions / single cans etc)
29/4/26 ward panel confirmed remains priority, patrols continue to deter and prevent offences