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:
Enhancing safety & reducing anti-social behaviour in local parks.
Action taken:
Our focus is on addressing issues such as anti-social behaviour, drug & alcohol related activity, criminal damage, theft & incidents that make people feel unsafe while using these community spaces. Officers will conduct regular high-visibility patrols at key times, engage with park users and work in partnership with the local authority & other agencies to identify & address emerging concerns
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Priority:
Tackling crime & anti-social behaviour in the High Road and Grove Farm retail park area
Action taken:
The safer neighbourhood team has identified the High Road & Grove Farm retail park area as a local policing priority due to concerns raised by residents & local business in relation to crime and anti social behaviour.
Our focus is on reducing offences including shoplifting, theft, vehicle crime, anti social behaviour, and incidents of violence associated with the increased footfall in this area. Officers will carry out high-visibility patrols at key times and engage with local businesses & retailers to identify emerging issues and work in partnership with security staff, local authorities & community groups to disrupt offending and improve public confidence.
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Priority:
Reducing motor vehicle crime
Action taken:
The safer neighbourhood team has identified motor vehicle crime as a local policing priority following reports of theft from & theft of motor vehicles within the area.
Our aim is to reduce offences involving the theft of vehicles, theft from unattended vehicles & the targeting of vehicle parts through a combination of prevention, enforcement & partnership working. Officers will conduct targeted patrols in identified hotspot locations, particularly during peak offending times, & will use crime data & intelligence to identify patterns, repeat locations & prolific offenders