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:
Violence linked to drugs & Gang nominals in the vicinity of the Racecourse Estate.
Action taken:
S - specifically to reduce violence in and around the racecourse estate
M - measurable by way of high visibility patrols in the vicinity to deter selling and taking of drugs linked to gang nominals. To work with gangs units and other police units to increase preventative and intelligence led targeted patrols. To use intelligence led stop and search to deter carrying of drugs and weapons. Arrest and bring to justice offenders.
A - achievable as part of daily ward patrols and long term partnership work / interventions.
R - relevant as requested by ward panel
T - timely as is a priority to tackle knife crime and youth violence*****updates****
HI VIS patrols in this location, offences are low at this time.
The team have spent time on HI VIS patrols in HAYDOCK GREEN area due to increase in ASB and 1 x robbery.- recent ward panel confirmed remains priority, patrols continue to deter and prevent offences
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Priority:
Although burglary in the ward remains relatively low it is an ongoing issue and will remain a priority for the community and has been requested as such in the last Ward Panel Meeting
Action taken:
S - specifically to reduce street drinking
M- measurable as part of the teams continuing visits to every victim of a burglary to offer reassurance and crime prevention advice. We will conduct high visibility patrols in the areas often targeted by offenders. We will work with partner agencies to improve cctv, lighting etc to help prevent burglary.
A - achievable as part of teams ward patrol plans and partnership prevention work
R - relevant as requested by ward panel
T - timely as form part of ward teams daily business*****updates****
HI VIS patrols continue. Offences on the ward are at low levels. Victims are visited by local officers and neighbours spoken to re crime prevention
10 burglaries in Dec 2025. Patrols increased as a result, this year burglary is reducing. Most vulnerable streets are residential streets immediately off CHURCH ROAD and MANDEVILLE ROAD- recent ward panel confirmed remains priority, patrols continue to deter and prevent offences
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Priority:
ASB, begging and drug dealing across the ward are a persistent issue especially on the estates mentioned and the shops along Church road.
Action taken:
S - specifically to reduce ASB
M - measurable as the team will conduct high visibility policing in and around the vicinity of the tube station, shops and estates. Conduct intelligence led stop and search to reduce the ASB. Arrest and bring to justice prolific offenders targeting the area. We will work with partner agencies to improve cctv, lighting etc to help prevent offences. We will use intelligence led stop and search to deter and apprehend offenders.
A - achievable as forms part of teams daily patrol plans and will work with partner agencies for longer team problem solving
R - relevant as requested by ward panel
T - timely as forms part of teams daily patrols*****update****
HI VIS patrols continue. OP CUBO conducted re traffic offences along church road including seizure of electric bikes / scooters. An address that was generating lots of ASB / Drugs has been closed in conjunction with the council. Various arrests / disposals for drugs / violence. Homelessness diversions with charities also take place in this area.
Homeless individuals in the area sign posted to appropriate charities. No persistent or aggressive begging in the area of note.- recent ward panel confirmed remains priority, patrols continue to deter and prevent offences