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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:
Tackling motor vehicle crime, including thefts from motor vehicles and thefts of motor vehicles
Action taken:
Providing crime prevention advice to victims of crime and disseminating this information to the wider community at Police Liaison Group meetings, through communication with Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators, WhatsApp Channels and Met Engage, and at community engagement sessions.
Providing information monthly on the number and nature of crimes being committed.
Identifying hotspot areas and times and conducting patrols.
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Priority:
Residential Burglary
Action taken:
Identifying hotspot areas and engaging with response team resources to provide patrols at peak hours.
Providing crime prevention advice through quarterly Police Liaison Group meetings, communication with Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators, WhatsApp and Met Engage and at community engagement events.
Victims of burglary and neighbouring properties to be contacted by DWO or PCSO and provided with crime prevention advice.
Working with specialist Burglary Squad to identify suspects and secure evidence.
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Priority:
Shoplifting
Action taken:
Identify and target criminals stealing from local businesses.
Conduct regular patrols around frequently targeted stores.
Work with stores to identify persistent offenders.
Work with colleagues in our Volume Crime Team to identify habitual offenders and arrest them.
Utilise ASB Powers to to further enforce against habitual offenders.
Identify persistent offenders and seek Criminal Behaviour Orders on conviction.
Regularly liaise with staff in venues which are being targeted.
Provide crime prevention advice, where appropriate, to support shops that are subject to shoplifting.