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:
Vallance Road (and environs of nearby areas
We are aware there is Prostitution, ASB and drug use issues in the area along with VAWG related offences. we would look to complete targeted patrols for specifically target these issues as part of Op RedtwistAction taken:
Increase Patrols, Intelligence led, Partnership working. sending perpetrators on divergent courses
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Priority:
Stolen Pedal Cycle Sales:
Sclater Street Sundays. Op Scorpii is an initiative to target individuals selling stolen pedal cycles on Brick Lane market. Proactive patrols are conducted and also Partnership work with the council and also Trading Standards
Action taken:
Proactive patrols are conducted and also Partnership work with the council and also Trading Standards
Partnership with local Theos and Marets manager -
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Spitalfields Market is targeted by shoplifters
Action taken:
Proactive patrols are being conducted, utilising CCTV and also liaising with Shop owners.
Officers are working with stores and completing plain clothes days of action to try and catch the shoplifters in the act.
Op Soundjump and Op Martello