St Peter's & Canalside

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St Peter's & Canalside 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 StPeter's&Canalside@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).

Laura Brand (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, St Peters and Canalside SNT and Angel BID officer. )

Laura Brand

Police Constable

Andrew Field (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Islington South)

Andrew Field

Inspector

Anthony Jaiyeola (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, ST PETER'S & CANALSIDE)

Anthony Jaiyeola

PCSO

Edmund Lyons (Metropolitan Police, PC, St Peter's and Canalside)

Edmund Lyons

PC

Vinnie Maningas (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, St Peter's & Canalside and Barnsbury)

Vinnie Maningas

Sergeant

Sophie Plumb (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Business Improvement District - Islington)

Sophie Plumb

Police Constable

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

ASB - King Square and surrounding area Reports of rough sleeping and drug use in King Square and surrounding environs Including street drinking and loitering on Central Street and surrounding areas.

Issued 04 August 2025

Continue routine high visibility patrols and working with the council to encourage reporting from residents. Explore and work with licencing team to reduce issues caused by street drinking. We continue to build relationship with local partners including the local church, council, Islington MPS street population SPOC. Increase high visibility patrols.

Actioned 04 August 2025

Tackling drug dealing and ASB in a location reported to ward officers and surrounding areas. In addition to reports of Youth ASB on Duncan Street.

Issued 04 August 2025

High visibility patrols alongside plain clothes proactive policing. Engaging with residents to encourage reporting.

Actioned 04 August 2025

ASB and drug dealing in Coombs Street and surrounding area.

Issued 04 August 2025

Initial actions - Begin drive of encouraging reporting from residents. Tasking of officers for dedicated patrols to specific area.

Actioned 04 August 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 St Peter's & Canalside are saying are the issues in the area:

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Dear residents, We had a productive morning today at Capital city college. We spoke to many enthu...

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19/08/2025 19:35:42

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08/08/2025 16:40:31

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Drop-in surgery 6:00PM - 7:00PM, Wed 20 August 2025 Kings Square Community Hall EC1V

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07/07/2025 13:10:42

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