Hyde Park

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.SNTCWHydePark@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 Hyde Park 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

Robbery - Edgware Road, Sussex Gardens, Praed Street Following on from the last Ward panel meeting, members of the panel decided on the following streets to be a focused on for our priority of Robbery. We aim to to reduce robbery offences on Edgware Road, Sussex Gardens, and Praed Street. Using METINSIGHTS and PLAN WEB to remain up-to-date with current offence locations and MO's. By conducting both plain clothed and high visibility patrols, utilising stop and search and working alongside neighbouring wards to identify offenders. We will utilise volunteers to give out crime prevention material. Robbery is an ongoing issue in W2, one that is recognised by residents, the ward panel and local officers. We intend to review the crime levels every 6 weeks and at each ward panel to monitor the progress.

Officers regularly patrols these roads every shift. We proactively use our police powers to disrupt activity. We have a planned operation on the 25th November using plain clothes tactics to prevent robberies. Planned a number of community events,

Drugs

The panel have raised their concerns regarding drug-use. We have decided on the following roads to focus on reducing drug-use and dealing which are: Southwick Mews, St Johns Church, Albion Street, Star Street, St Michaels Street. We intend to use plain clothes and high-visibility patrols in order to discourage drug-use. We will continue to use our stop and search powers and continue to utilise intelligence provided by residents to execute Misuse of Drugs Warrants where appropriate.

In July we conducted a warrant which resulted in two arrests for drug offences. In December we have continue to address problem areas where drug dealing occurs, where appropriate, use our stop and search powers. met with the church increase Patrols regarding night issue to deter crime.

Anti-social behaviour

Anti-social behaviour is prevalent on Hyde Park Ward and is regularly discussed at various meetings through-out the year. The ward panel have chosen the following areas which your local policing team will focus on: Hyde Park Square, Sussex Place, Sussex Gardens, Southwick Mews, Randor Mews, Randor Place.

Officers continue to conduct regular spot checks on the following roads and areas which are regular suffering from ASB. Those who are committing ASB are issued with Community Protection Notices and ASB Warnings, further action is taken on those who ignore the warning given by Police and will result in tougher outcomes. Police continue to work with the Council and other agencies to assist those who are rough-sleeping or require further assistance. continue progress throughout the years working with partner agency to put a stop

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.