Rainham & Wennington
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Rainham & Wennington 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 Rainham&Wennington@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).
Choudhry Ali
Police Constable
Abdul Basit
Sergeant
Andrew Heath
Police Constable
Jordan Inglis
Police Constable
Amargeet Sehmby
Sergeant
Brian Sims
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 |
|---|---|
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Violence against women, to carry out high visibility and reassurance patrols at high footfall areas, To give advice on high to stay safe. Issued 01 June 2026 |
Patrol Late nights, especially carparks an closed spaces alleyways. Raise awareness regarding the walk and talk campaigns for women and girls and find innovative ways to make the streets safer for women. Actioned 01 June 2026 |
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To reduce ASB around Rainham Villiage. Issued 01 June 2026 |
High visibility patrols around the villiage as well as plain clothes operations. Actioned 01 June 2026 |
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Reduce crime and ant social behaviour around Tescos, Rainham. Issued 01 June 2026 |
The ward team will plan both uniformed and plain clothes operations in and around the Tesco store. These will be unannounced and conducted various times and various days of the week. The team will feedback to ward panel members with results. Actioned 01 June 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 Rainham & Wennington are saying are the issues in the area:
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