Ilford Town

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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. We are here to listen as we want our community to feel safe and grow with you

Ilford Town 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 IlfordTown@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).

James Allen

Police Constable

Lauren Cooper

Police Constable

Sonia Copson

Sergeant

Damian Maclean

Police Constable

Gerrard Mathieson

Inspector

Vishal Patel

Police Constable

Lewis Pow

PCSO

Frank Ramsden

Sergeant

Matthew Ross

Inspector

Majid Sethi

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
Ilford town ward and areas leading off from Ilford Town Centre will have more visible patrols, target hardening advice via face to face and leafleting. Stop/search, zero tolerance and robust plain clothes patrolling. CPA stall to continue for VAWG. Officers have completed lots of VAWG stalls in Ilford high road and we have carried out walk and talk. Issued 25 February 2026	VAWG Stalls and engagement work continue to be our priority. We carry out weekly walk and talks with our community We have been able to share leaflets providing information on ways to keep themselves safe. Recent surveys have been completed in reported vulnerable areas. Actioned 25 February 2026
This Priority has been resubmitted Identify Drug dealers and disrupcrime in reported areas Working with our Partners to support those who are using drugs Joint work with Town centre team Intelligence lead policing Issued 25 February 2026	Plain clothes operations have been carried out to date Stop and search has been carried out in reported areas. Intelligence has been gathered and is being worked on Officers are continuing to work harder to identify drug dealers Actioned 25 February 2026
Cycling in restricted areas Working with partners to discussed bet sign posts for restricted areas and penalty incurred Working with Town centre team with high visibility Speaking to local businesses Issued 25 February 2026	Regular uniformed Foot patrol ASB warnings to offenders Fixed penalty notice for repeat offenders Actioned 25 February 2026

Priority

Action taken

Ilford town ward and areas leading off from Ilford Town Centre will have more visible patrols, target hardening advice via face to face and leafleting. Stop/search, zero tolerance and robust plain clothes patrolling.
CPA stall to continue for VAWG.
Officers have completed lots of VAWG stalls in Ilford high road and we have carried out walk and talk.

Issued 25 February 2026

VAWG Stalls and engagement work continue to be our priority.

We carry out weekly walk and talks with our community

We have been able to share leaflets providing information on ways to keep themselves safe.

Recent surveys have been completed in reported vulnerable areas.

Actioned 25 February 2026

This Priority has been resubmitted

Identify Drug dealers and disrupcrime in reported areas

Working with our Partners to support those who are using drugs

Joint work with Town centre team

Intelligence lead policing

Issued 25 February 2026

Plain clothes operations have been carried out to date

Stop and search has been carried out in reported areas.

Intelligence has been gathered and is being worked on

Officers are continuing to work harder to identify drug dealers

Actioned 25 February 2026

Cycling in restricted areas

Working with partners to discussed bet sign posts for restricted areas and penalty incurred

Working with Town centre team with high visibility

Speaking to local businesses

Issued 25 February 2026

Regular uniformed Foot patrol

ASB warnings to offenders

Fixed penalty notice for repeat offenders

Actioned 25 February 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 Ilford Town are saying are the issues in the area:

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