Rainham & Wennington

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.

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

Jordan Inglis

Dedicated Ward Officer

Brian Sims

PCSO

Ben Tanner

Sergeant

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
Violence against women, to carry out high visibility and reassurance patrols at high footfall areas, To give advice on high to stay safe. Issued 13 July 2025	Patrol Late nights, especially carparks an closed spaces alleyways. Raise more awareness regarding the walk and talk campaign for women and girls and find innovative ways to make streets safe for women. Send out messages on X/Met Engage to engage with women on the ward and pursued them to come forward and speak to officers. Actioned 12 September 2025
To reduce ASB and drugs Issued 13 July 2025	High visibility patrols around the ward as well as plain clothes operations. Intelligence received by residents will dictate where ward officers will focus. Actioned 12 September 2025
Combat speeding around Upminster Road South and New Road, Rainham. Issued 13 July 2025	The ward team will plan speed operations at said locations. These will be unannounced and conducted various times of the day. The team will feedback to ward panel members with results. Actioned 12 September 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence against women, to carry out high visibility and reassurance patrols at high footfall areas, To give advice on high to stay safe.

Issued 13 July 2025

Patrol Late nights, especially carparks an closed spaces alleyways. Raise more awareness regarding the walk and talk campaign for women and girls and find innovative ways to make streets safe for women. Send out messages on X/Met Engage to engage with women on the ward and pursued them to come forward and speak to officers.

Actioned 12 September 2025

To reduce ASB and drugs

Issued 13 July 2025

High visibility patrols around the ward as well as plain clothes operations. Intelligence received by residents will dictate where ward officers will focus.

Actioned 12 September 2025

Combat speeding around Upminster Road South and New Road, Rainham.

Issued 13 July 2025

The ward team will plan speed operations at said locations. These will be unannounced and conducted various times of the day. The team will feedback to ward panel members with results.

Actioned 12 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 Rainham & Wennington are saying are the issues in the area:

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