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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Burglary remains a priority for the Hatch End team.
Action taken:
Statistics show that Hatch End is one of the safest wards in London in respect of residential burglaries. The team are keen to ensure this trend remains. A large residential area, with a busy high street ensures the team have many homes and businesses to attend, so that people are given the best prevention advice to keep themselves and their property safe. Street briefings are commonplace throughout the ward.
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Motor Vehicle Crime remains one of the three ward priorities for Hatch End.
Action taken:
Motor vehicle crime is relatively low compared to several other wards across Harrow, however, several individuals were arrested recently where a stolen car housing stolen goods was located in the centre of the ward. The teams PCSO's and PC's regularly patrol those areas to ensure vehicles are safe and parked in clear view preventing opportunities to those who are keen to engage in theft of and theft from vehicles. Ward residents are encouraged to view their ring door bell CCTV to help the team identify and locate those engaged in vehicle interference, particularly overnight.
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Violence and Drugs remains as a ward priority.
Action taken:
Hatch End officers will remain proactive in both uniform and plain clothes to ensure those engaged in drug use are dealt with robustly when committing offences.