Church Street

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 AWMailbox.SNTCWChurchStreet@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 Church Street 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

S. To reduce Youth related violence which is taking place in and around the Lisson Green Estate. M. Intel sharing with neighbouring wards to keep an up-to-date picture on youth tensions. Utilising closed source intelligence to establish frequently used locations and MO's by offenders. A. To increase proactive targeted patrols on the Lisson Green Estate. Conducting regular weapon sweeps and stop and searches where applicable. Knife arch operations will continue focusing on recognised routes taken by subjects/gang members. Intel sharing to continue with ward panel. R. Due to recent tensions serious youth crime is a top priority in Church Street recognised by local ward officers as well as the ward panel. T. Reviewed at least 6 weekly consecutively.

Officers routinely patrol the ward to disrupt youth violence and target particular areas when possible. Welfare visits conducted along with IGXU WCC to individuals seen to be getting involved in youth violence on the Lisson Green Estate and prevention methods discussed.

Anti-Social Behaviour

S. Specifically aimed at reducing Anti-Social Behaviour and associated issues which are taking place on Church Street NW8 itself as well as local estates. M. Reviewing police systems to identify types of ASB occurring and where they are frequently happening as well as establishing the identity of frequent offenders. A. Proactive targeted patrols of the Church Street Estate and surrounding areas. Executing a robust approach towards deterring ASB and engaging with the community. Actively seeking ways of working with the council and housing taking enforcement action against offenders (injunctions / housing). R. Raised as an ongoing concern by local residents and presented by the ward panel T. Reviewed at least 6 weekly consecutively.

Local areas where youths loiter have been identified by officers when out patrolling. Regular patrols carried out and individuals are dealt with accordingly. Officers work alongside WCC to get security services to patrol ASB Hotspot areas during the evening.

Theft

THEFT S. Proactive targeted patrols in areas that are at risk of theft from person or have been known to be hotspots where theft from person takes place. M. Using MET indices such as Connect, IIP, PLANWEB, Met Insights, Local knowledge, and predictive mapping to identify known offenders and hotspot times/locations etc. Performance reviewing of Stop and searches and targeted patrols. A. Proactive targeted patrols known hotspots and times. Working alongside store holders in the market, shop owners in the area to identify offenders. Utilising crime prevention stalls on busy market days to educate residents on how to protect ones property whilst shopping in the areas. R. This is a real time concern raised in ward panel meetings and by residents. An offence also identified by local officers as a growing concern as specific areas have higher theft rates than others. T. Reviewed at least 6 weekly consecutively.

Proactive patrols are being carried out in hotspots for disruption and frequent searches carried out in particular blocks that were being targeted by squatters

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.