Brixton North

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.

Brixton North 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 BrixtonNorth@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).

Abiola Akinola

Police Constable

Stephen Bradley

PCSO

Jack Dowler

PCSO

Oliver Lamb

Inspector

Gavin Ring

Sergeant

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
Prevent serious violence and knife crime Issued 15 July 2025	Increase proactive patrols and seek prosecutions for those found to be offending. Conduct youth engagement around knife possession and its consequences. Highlighting weapon amnesty days. Actioned 15 July 2025
Drug use in and around BNT2 and Oak Square Issued 15 July 2025	High visibility and plain clothes police patrols to both deter and arrest those responsible. Ensure that drug referral is offered to all those who we encounter. Ensure that high quality cases are presented to the CPS to achieve the best possible outcomes at court. Actioned 15 July 2025
Drug use, street drinking and aggressive begging around Max roach Park, St Johns Crescent and Brixton Terrace. Issued 15 July 2025	Conduct high visibility and plain clothes patrols in the hotspot areas, utilise temporary CCTV cameras and offer diversion to all we encounter. Improve the usage of community protection warnings and notices. Actioned 15 July 2025

Priority

Action taken

Prevent serious violence and knife crime

Issued 15 July 2025

Increase proactive patrols and seek prosecutions for those found to be offending. Conduct youth engagement around knife possession and its consequences. Highlighting weapon amnesty days.

Actioned 15 July 2025

Drug use in and around BNT2 and Oak Square

Issued 15 July 2025

High visibility and plain clothes police patrols to both deter and arrest those responsible. Ensure that drug referral is offered to all those who we encounter. Ensure that high quality cases are presented to the CPS to achieve the best possible outcomes at court.

Actioned 15 July 2025

Drug use, street drinking and aggressive begging around Max roach Park, St Johns Crescent and Brixton Terrace.

Issued 15 July 2025

Conduct high visibility and plain clothes patrols in the hotspot areas, utilise temporary CCTV cameras and offer diversion to all we encounter. Improve the usage of community protection warnings and notices.

Actioned 15 July 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 Brixton North are saying are the issues in the area:

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