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:
Speeding and Dangerous Driving
Action taken:
Improve road safety by targeting identified hotspots with visible patrols and speed‑monitoring activity, using enforcement and engagement to deter speeding and dangerous driving, and working with partners to address persistent community concerns. Work with Roads Policing, local authority, and road safety partners to deploy visible deterrents such as speeding operations and signage where appropriate. Engage with the community to encourage reporting of persistent speeding and dangerous driving concerns and provide reassurance.
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Priority:
Burglary
Action taken:
To target burglary hotspots on the ward in an aim to deter any potential burglaries through dedicated patrols and crime prevention awareness. Visit every victim of this crime type and offer crime prevention and target hardening advice. Use social media platforms to give crime prevention advice. High Visibility patrols in predictive crime mapping locations. Traffic operations targeting offenders using vehicles in crime. Targeted patrols in predictive crime mapping hot spot areas. Extensive Crime prevention advice given to all victims of this crime. Crime prevention messages to be sent out on Met Engage.
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Priority:
Theft of and Theft From Motor Vehicles
Action taken:
Reduce theft of and theft from motor vehicles by targeting hotspot locations with high‑visibility and targeted patrols, proactive crime‑prevention activity, and partnership working. Focus on disrupting known offenders, preventing repeat victimisation, and improving community confidence through engagement and reassurance. Promote crime‑prevention messaging to residents and visitors, including vehicle security advice (e.g. remove valuables, secure vehicles, catalytic converter marking where relevant). Identify and manage repeat locations and repeat victims through bespoke problem‑solving plans and reassurance visits.