Holborn & Covent Garden

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

Holborn & Covent Garden 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 Holborn&CoventGarden@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).

Ashley Blenman

Inspector

Lee Davies

Inspector

Michael Eales

Dedicated Ward Officer

Inanc Erbas

Police Constable

Orlando Escobar Hincapie

PCSO

James Flanagan

PCSO

Sean Lewis

Dedicated Ward Officer

Barry Macinnes

Sergeant

Amber Matthews

Police Constable

Eleanor Priddy

Dedicated Ward Officer

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
Combatting Youth Violence - Intelligence led local policing working to combat youth violence specifically related to gang activity on our Intelligence led local policing working to combat youth violence specifically related to gang activity on our housing estates. We will achieve this through increased visibility, utilising resident and partner agency intelligence and early identification of Child Criminal Exploitation. Issued 01 June 2025	The ward team regularly patrol the areas most effected by youth violence and feedback any intelligence to the relevant MPS teams and partner agencies. Actioned 23 June 2025
Drug Related Activity Maintaining visible presence in the transport and tourist hotspots to Working alongside Street Population agencies and charities to deter drug related anti-social behaviour in our open spaces and residential blocks. Actively work with council and housing associations and other partner agencies to monitor and safeguard residents and dwellings vulnerable to cuckooing and exploitation. Issued 01 June 2025	The ward team regularly meet with various agencies to manage vulnerable residents and anti-social behaviour issues within blocks and areas on the ward. Actioned 23 June 2025
Visitor Crime Maintaining visible presence in the transport and tourist hotspots to deter and identify incidents of pickpocketing, police impersonation and distraction theft. Organising and delivering operations to target this. Increased intelligence sharing regarding the prolific offenders. Issued 01 June 2025	The ward team work alongside the council and partnership agencies to target tourist crime and provide a visible presence to deter. Actioned 23 June 2025

Priority

Action taken

Combatting Youth Violence - Intelligence led local policing working to combat youth violence specifically related to gang activity on our Intelligence led local policing working to combat youth violence specifically related to gang activity on our housing estates. We will achieve this through increased visibility, utilising resident and partner agency intelligence and early identification of Child Criminal Exploitation.

Issued 01 June 2025

The ward team regularly patrol the areas most effected by youth violence and feedback any intelligence to the relevant MPS teams and partner agencies.

Actioned 23 June 2025

Drug Related Activity
Maintaining visible presence in the transport and tourist hotspots to Working alongside Street Population agencies and charities to deter drug related anti-social behaviour in our open spaces and residential blocks.
Actively work with council and housing associations and other partner agencies to monitor and safeguard residents and dwellings vulnerable to cuckooing and exploitation.

Issued 01 June 2025

The ward team regularly meet with various agencies to manage vulnerable residents and anti-social behaviour issues within blocks and areas on the ward.

Actioned 23 June 2025

Visitor Crime
Maintaining visible presence in the transport and tourist hotspots to deter and identify incidents of pickpocketing, police impersonation and distraction theft. Organising and delivering operations to target this. Increased intelligence sharing regarding the prolific offenders.

Issued 01 June 2025

The ward team work alongside the council and partnership agencies to target tourist crime and provide a visible presence to deter.

Actioned 23 June 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 Holborn & Covent Garden are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey