Longbridge

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.

Longbridge 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 Longbridge@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).

Shumaila Abbasi

PCSO

Jemma Bertie

Sergeant

Valerie Cole

Police Constable

Melissa Jordan

Police Constable

Daniel Rigolle

Police Constable

Justin Warren

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
Anti Social Behaviour - Drug Related Issued 10 November 2025	To conduct visible patrols, and target individuals intent on committing offences linked to anti-social behaviour and Drug related in key areas identified. On identifying offenders to work with LBBD local authority around implementation of other tactics including Community Protection disposals and for those most persistent applying for Criminal Behaviour Orders, or issuing Community Protection Warning/Notices to disperse. Other powers to be considered. Work continues jointly with Criminal Exploitation teams and within Schools and vulnerable adults at risk of Cuckooing too, working with Local Authority to safeguard and divert anyone coming to notice for offences. Actioned 20 January 2026
Violence Against Women and Girls - to prevent, deter, detect and reduce incidents of note in Barking park. Issued 10 November 2025	Working in partnership with local authority and community to reduce, prevent, detect and deter incidents and impact of VAWG on women and girls in Barking park. Team will be conducting a range of deployments and activities, including engagements and events to reduce and prevent incidents linked to VAWG. An intelligence led and problem solving approach to those committing offences will see continued partnership and joint working with local authority and key agencies, and third sector to design out and target high harm offenders including use of technology linked to Live Facial Recognition pre planned operations . A mixture of enforcement and engagement work will continue, seeing further referrals into Community MARAC multi agency pathway, and to utilize other tactics linked to Community Protection and Criminal Behaviour Orders as and where able. Actioned 20 January 2026
Team working to reduce, deter, prevent and detect incidents of robbery within Longbridge Ward on the periphery of Mayesbrook park. Issued 10 November 2025	To utilize a range of engagement and enforcement tactics including partnership working and proactivity in managing and targeting those offenders known or intent on committing offences. To utilize community protection toolkit in duality where proportionate and reasonable to do so with offenders. To continue to work with design out crime officer and utilizing funding streams to improve and enhance patrols and visibility in key hot spots of note. To work in partnership in problem solving incidents of robbery in Longbridge ward. Actioned 20 January 2026

Priority

Action taken

Anti Social Behaviour - Drug Related

Issued 10 November 2025

To conduct visible patrols, and target individuals intent on committing offences linked to anti-social behaviour and Drug related in key areas identified. On identifying offenders to work with LBBD local authority around implementation of other tactics including Community Protection disposals and for those most persistent applying for Criminal Behaviour Orders, or issuing Community Protection Warning/Notices to disperse. Other powers to be considered. Work continues jointly with Criminal Exploitation teams and within Schools and vulnerable adults at risk of Cuckooing too, working with Local Authority to safeguard and divert anyone coming to notice for offences.

Actioned 20 January 2026

Violence Against Women and Girls - to prevent, deter, detect and reduce incidents of note in Barking park.

Issued 10 November 2025

Working in partnership with local authority and community to reduce, prevent, detect and deter incidents and impact of VAWG on women and girls in Barking park. Team will be conducting a range of deployments and activities, including engagements and events to reduce and prevent incidents linked to VAWG. An intelligence led and problem solving approach to those committing offences will see continued partnership and joint working with local authority and key agencies, and third sector to design out and target high harm offenders including use of technology linked to Live Facial Recognition pre planned operations . A mixture of enforcement and engagement work will continue, seeing further referrals into Community MARAC multi agency pathway, and to utilize other tactics linked to Community Protection and Criminal Behaviour Orders as and where able.

Actioned 20 January 2026

Team working to reduce, deter, prevent and detect incidents of robbery within Longbridge Ward on the periphery of Mayesbrook park.

Issued 10 November 2025

To utilize a range of engagement and enforcement tactics including partnership working and proactivity in managing and targeting those offenders known or intent on committing offences. To utilize community protection toolkit in duality where proportionate and reasonable to do so with offenders. To continue to work with design out crime officer and utilizing funding streams to improve and enhance patrols and visibility in key hot spots of note. To work in partnership in problem solving incidents of robbery in Longbridge ward.

Actioned 20 January 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 Longbridge are saying are the issues in the area:

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