Holborn & Covent Garden
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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 |
|---|---|
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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 |
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Drug Related Activity 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 |
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Visitor Crime 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:
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Upcoming Events
Phoenix Gardens Catch up with a copper
- The Phoenix Garden, 21 Stacey Street, WC2H 8DG
- 04/09/2025 13:00
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