Village (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.

Village - Barking & Dagenham 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 Village-Barking&Dagenham@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).

Christopher Allen

Police Constable

David Bredemear

Sergeant

Ian Handley

Inspector

Alfie Sullivan

PCSO

Megan Taylor

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
Reduce robberies within the ward Issued 27 May 2026	Officers will conduct targeted patrols where it has been identified there is an area of concern utilising covert and overt tactics. Actioned 31 August 2026
High visibility patrols across the ward to reduce and combat burglary by identifying vulnerable properties. Issued 27 May 2026	Officers will conduct targeted patrols to identify vulnerable properties. Actioned 31 August 2026
High visibility patrols across the ward to reduce asb and utilise ASB powers such a CPW, CPN's and CBO Issued 27 May 2026	Officers will utilise ASB powers to target, deter ASB hotspots within the ward Actioned 31 August 2026

Priority

Action taken

Reduce robberies within the ward

Issued 27 May 2026

Officers will conduct targeted patrols where it has been identified there is an area of concern utilising covert and overt tactics.

Actioned 31 August 2026

High visibility patrols across the ward to reduce and combat burglary by identifying vulnerable properties.

Issued 27 May 2026

Officers will conduct targeted patrols to identify vulnerable properties.

Actioned 31 August 2026

High visibility patrols across the ward to reduce asb and utilise ASB powers such a CPW, CPN's and CBO

Issued 27 May 2026

Officers will utilise ASB powers to target, deter ASB hotspots within the ward

Actioned 31 August 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 Village (Barking and Dagenham) are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey