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:
Theft - Shoplifting
Action taken:
The ward has seen an increase in theft shoplifting at Waitrose and Tesco Express on Windmill Hill. Upon initial engagement it has been established that the issue is under reported. We will work with the stores to identify offenders and build cases against repeated offenders. We will provide visible patrols at the location to prevent offences.
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Priority:
Burglary continues to affect the residents of Ridgeway Ward, This remains our first priority.
Action taken:
We will conduct patrols on foot and in vehicles in highlighted areas where such a crime has taken place. This is in order to offer some visibility and reassurance to residents. We will circulate crime prevention advice via met engage and conduct cuckooing in the local area where there has been a burglary to identify any further leads and advise residents of crimes in the area.
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Priority:
Theft of motor vehicles and thefts from motor vehicles residential area of the ward
There has been a number of vehicles targeted there recently, which residents have raised concerns over
Action taken:
To initiate targeted patrols around the crime hotspots. Crime prevention on met engage. Target hardening where hotspots exist.