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 Against Women and Girls / Related Violence – Willow Tree open space.
Reduce Violence Against Women and Girls related crime on Willow Tree open space through high visibility reassurance patrols in the area as well as targeted patrols of the area surrounding Willow Tree Open Space.
Action taken:
Continued patrols around the area and engagement with Members of the public. We have planned for the next few months weapon and drugs sweeps in the area.
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Priority:
Reduce drug dealing in Masefield Lane, Chatsworth Road and surrounding roads by increased hi visibility patrols using stop and search powers where grounds exist. This area has been reported as being used as a drug distribution area. It has also been reported as a hot spot for recreational drug use.
Action taken:
Regular patrols on Masefield Lane, Chatsworth Road and surrounding roads. Stop and search or stop and account of any person suspected to be involved in any drug related activities. Planned in the local area are also weapon and drugs sweeps.
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Priority:
Reduce the impact of street drinking and associated Anti-Social Behaviour through hi-visibility patrols and engagement with members of public, business owners and suspects involved.
Action taken:
Patrols have been taking place for the past few months and will continue. Suspects who are repeat offenders will be dealt with accordingly. A joint visit has been conducted with the council and enforcement officers resulting in fines being given to the local street drinkers. Due to the success of this visit we will be conducting further joint visits.
Officer will be conducting regular licensing visits of the shops to deter selling alcohol to people who are under the influence of alcohol.