Hackney Downs
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Hackney Downs 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.
To contact to your team about local policing issues, email us at HackneyDowns@contact.metengage.co.uk or pick an officer to email below. (Please do not use this contact method to report crime, in an emergency always call 999 or you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101).
Nadia Asghar
Police Constable
James Bishop
Sergeant
Callum Easton
Police Constable
Marco Esposito
PCSO
David Lamb
Inspector
Samira Sadia
PCSO
Local Priority Issues
We are committed to tackling the issues that matter most to local communities. Based on our conversations with residents, and the issues they have raised with us, our main priorities are:
| Priority | Action taken |
|---|---|
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Reducing burglaries in Hackney Downs ward. Issued 25 November 2025 |
Increasing patrols in the areas where burglaries have occurred and by obtaining viable CCTV footage to be forwarded to the Integrated Offender Management (IOM) for rapid identification of possible suspects. Actioned 25 November 2025 |
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Reducing drug dealing and drug use in Hackney Downs Park. Issued 25 November 2025 |
Partnership working and increased patrols in Hackney Downs Park to reduce the numbers of those engaging in drug dealing and drug use. Actioned 25 November 2025 |
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Reducing robberies and theft snatches between Hackney Downs Park and Stoke Newington Common. Issued 25 November 2025 |
Increasing patrols between Hackney Downs Park and Stoke Newington Common on peak days and times when the robberies and theft snatches occur. Actioned 25 November 2025 |
The word cloud below represents the issues raised by residents through their Local Matters survey. We take this into consideration along with discussions with stakeholders, ward panel meetings and conversations with the public when setting our key priorities
What members in Hackney Downs are saying are the issues in the area:
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