Arsenal

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 speak to your local team about policing issues, and find out how you can get involved, you can email them at Arsenal.SNT@met.police.uk.

In an emergency always call 999.

If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of Arsenal have highlighted as priorities for the area recently. Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised by you and your communities in your local area. To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

Violence Related Priority

Designated officers patrolling in and around the Emirates Stadium during match days. Officers also briefing both male and female staff and stewards before each match, providing resources on how to report and receive support, education on what VAWG is and encouraging them to report incidents.

Dedicated officers to assist with policing inside and outside the stadium. Briefings with catering staff and stewards. Officers to engage with female fans outside of the stadium. Patrols after the games to provide reassuarance patricularly with evening games.

Theft from Motor Vehicle

Increased reports from residents that their vehicles are being damaged and valuables being stolen. Data shows increase in offences recorded.

Officers to increase hi-visibility patrols using the ‘Street a week’ initiative and providing regular crime prevention advice to residents on how to keep their vehicles safe. Officers to work with community safety officers, working on target hardening these areas to prevent further crime.

Drug induced ASB

Increased reports and complaints that drug users are congregating in Gillespie Park N5 to use drugs and cause ASB.

High vizability patrols, days of action, officers will work with Community saftey officers and Park Guard to deter this. Officers will utilise ASB powers when necessary to mange those causing harm in the area.

In an emergency always call 999. If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.