Goresbrook

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Goresbrook 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 Goresbrook@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).

Ian Handley (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, NPT)

Ian Handley

Inspector

Thomas Seaward (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Goresbrook SNT)

Thomas Seaward

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

Containment of Robbery related crime across the ward. Targeting areas such as Cook road and Goresbrook road.

Issued 05 July 2025

We will patrol areas highlighted as places where people feel unsafe and that have increased levels of reported Robberies.

Actioned 05 September 2025

Tackling any ongoing ASB being caused on the ward.

Issued 05 July 2025

Targeted patrols in known areas which have issues with ASB such as Goresbrook park and Cook road.

Actioned 05 September 2025

Assisting to prevent burglaries.

Issued 05 July 2025

We will give out burglary prevention leaflets to residents which provides information on home security. And conduct patrols at late hours when practicable.

Actioned 05 September 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 Goresbrook are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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Local Priorities Burglary Message

Dear Resident I wanted to provide you with an update regarding burglary, which people around your ar...

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29/07/2025 17:00:12

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Local Priorities Anti Social Behaviour Concern Update

Dear Resident, Thank you for taking the local priority survey recently, we note that you highlighte...

Metropolitan Police
26/07/2025 02:11:24

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Local Priorities Drug dealing - Warrant Executed

Dear Resident,I wanted to provide you with an update regarding drug dealing/ drug use, which people ...

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24/07/2025 15:38:36

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Local Priorities Shoplifting Message

Dear Resident, I wanted to provide you with an update regarding Shoplifting, which people around you...

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15/07/2025 08:00:36

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Barking Town Centre Summer Plan

As part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission and aligned with the Neighbourhood Policing Guaran...

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14/07/2025 11:09:17

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LFR Arrest Update

On 11 July, 3 wanted individuals were arrested following the deployment of Live Facial Recognition T...

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14/07/2025 09:59:57

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Local Priorities Violence against women and girls Update

Dear Resident, Thank you for taking the local priority survey recently, your ongoing feedback about ...

Metropolitan Police
13/07/2025 17:54:04

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Local Priorities Shoplifting Message

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11/07/2025 16:27:14

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