Abbey (Barking and Dagenham)

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.

Abbey 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 Abbey@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).

Inga Dijokaite

PCSO

Christopher Dwyer

Sergeant

Curtis Fox

Police Constable

Joseph Harrington

Sergeant

Michelle Mcsheffrey

PCSO

Amelia Miah

Dedicated Ward Officer

Christopher Pearce

Inspector

Joseph Pocknell

PCSO

Robert Welham

PCSO

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
Reduce, prevent and deter offences linked to Violence Against Women and Girls Issued 23 January 2026	Team ware working to prevent, deter and detect offences linked to violence against women and girls, related offences through enforcement action and engagement events, continuing to work in partnership with local authority and key agencies to prevent, deter and detect offences.. Actioned 23 April 2026
Robbery / Violence With Injury Issued 23 January 2026	Prevent, detect and deter offences linked to Robbery through Operation Sorbie , enforcement and engagement events, and through the use of Met Engage to update community on latest and best practice linked to crime prevention strategies and tactics. Pre Planned operations involving plain clothes and visible patrols will continue, and further intelligence led approach to focusing on those intent on cuasing the most harm will continue in partnership with local authority and key strategy agencies. Actioned 23 April 2026
ASB - Drug related offences, aggressive begging and street drinking. Communal Areas and blocks within Abbey Ward (Barking). Issued 23 January 2026	Team ware working to prevent, deter and detect offences linked anti social behaviour related offences through enforcement action and activities, engagement events and partnership joint working with local authority community enforcement teams, CCTV teams and other statutory agencies. Further referrals of individuals or groups identified are also completed and sent through to the Local Authority led Community MARAC meeting, and further joint working with, Homeless and Drug/Alcohol related outreach teams, continues. The application too of legislation around Community Protection and anti social behaviour, including the Public Space Protection Order continues too. Actioned 23 April 2026

Priority

Action taken

Reduce, prevent and deter offences linked to Violence Against Women and Girls

Issued 23 January 2026

Team ware working to prevent, deter and detect offences linked to violence against women and girls, related offences through enforcement action and engagement events, continuing to work in partnership with local authority and key agencies to prevent, deter and detect offences..

Actioned 23 April 2026

Robbery / Violence With Injury

Issued 23 January 2026

Prevent, detect and deter offences linked to Robbery through Operation Sorbie , enforcement and engagement events, and through the use of Met Engage to update community on latest and best practice linked to crime prevention strategies and tactics. Pre Planned operations involving plain clothes and visible patrols will continue, and further intelligence led approach to focusing on those intent on cuasing the most harm will continue in partnership with local authority and key strategy agencies.

Actioned 23 April 2026

ASB - Drug related offences, aggressive begging and street drinking. Communal Areas and blocks within Abbey Ward (Barking).

Issued 23 January 2026

Team ware working to prevent, deter and detect offences linked anti social behaviour related offences through enforcement action and activities, engagement events and partnership joint working with local authority community enforcement teams, CCTV teams and other statutory agencies. Further referrals of individuals or groups identified are also completed and sent through to the Local Authority led Community MARAC meeting, and further joint working with, Homeless and Drug/Alcohol related outreach teams, continues. The application too of legislation around Community Protection and anti social behaviour, including the Public Space Protection Order continues too.

Actioned 23 April 2026

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 Abbey (Barking and Dagenham) are saying are the issues in the area:

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