South Hornchurch

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.

South Hornchurch 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 SouthHornchurch@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).

Abdul Basit

Sergeant

Megan Costello

Dedicated Ward Officer

Jon Goode

Dedicated Ward Officer

Andrew Heath

Gemma Large

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 the person. high visibility patrols in areas of concern to combat crime and the fear of crime, along with crime prevention advice for personal safety Issued 26 June 2025	Patrol Late nights, especially carparks an closed spaces alleyways. Conduct weapon sweeps in open areas. Be robust with stop and searches where grounds apply to help reduce knife/violent crime across the Actioned 12 September 2025
Reduce violence against women and girls by arranging pop up stands with crime prevention advice personal protection products. HVP in areas pointed out to us as areas women feel unsafe Issued 26 June 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/MetEngage to engage with women on the ward and pursued them to come forward and speak to officers. Actioned 12 September 2025
Priority set by ward panel members to target Motor Vehicle Crime Patrols and targted action against offenders Issued 25 June 2025	Conduct re-assurance visits on all victims of Motor Vehicle Crime. Hi Vis patrols at hotspots. Crime prevention events Actioned 12 September 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence against the person. high visibility patrols in areas of concern to combat crime and the fear of crime, along with crime prevention advice for personal safety

Issued 26 June 2025

Patrol Late nights, especially carparks an closed spaces alleyways. Conduct weapon sweeps in open areas. Be robust with stop and searches where grounds apply to help reduce knife/violent crime across the

Actioned 12 September 2025

Reduce violence against women and girls by arranging pop up stands with crime prevention advice personal protection products. HVP in areas pointed out to us as areas women feel unsafe

Issued 26 June 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/MetEngage to engage with women on the ward and pursued them to come forward and speak to officers.

Actioned 12 September 2025

Priority set by ward panel members to target Motor Vehicle Crime Patrols and targted action against offenders

Issued 25 June 2025

Conduct re-assurance visits on all victims of Motor Vehicle Crime. Hi Vis patrols at hotspots. Crime prevention events

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 South Hornchurch are saying are the issues in the area:

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