Plaistow West & Canning Town East

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Plaistow West & Canning Town East 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 PlaistowWest&CanningTownEast@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).

Mohammad Alauddin (Metropolitan Police, Police Community Support Officer, Plaistow West and Canning Town East)

Mohammad Alauddin

Police Community Support Officer

Nicholas Bushen (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, SNT)

Nicholas Bushen

Police Constable

Anthony Conteh (police, Sgt, Canning Town North & Canning Town South)

Anthony Conteh

Sgt

Ryan Fitt (Police, Sergeant, Plaistow South and Plaistow West & Canning Town East)

Ryan Fitt

Sergeant

Lisle Halkett (Metropolitan Police, Dedicated Ward Officer, Plaistow West and Canning Town East Safer Neighbourhood Team)

Lisle Halkett

Dedicated Ward Officer

Ruhel Islam (Metropolitan Police, Dedicated Ward Officer, Canning Town North)

Ruhel Islam

Dedicated Ward Officer

Richard Oldfield (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Newham Safer Neighbourhood Teams)

Richard Oldfield

Inspector

Marko Puskar (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, SNT / Plaistow West and Canning Town East)

Marko Puskar

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

1. Violence Related Priority: Over recent months the COOP store on Plaistow Road E13 has been the target of high frequency shoplifting amounting to tens of thousands of pounds in losses each week. On numerous occasions the individuals responsible have used various weapons against security and store staff, causing fear and distress.

Issued 21 July 2025

Action: Officers are working closely with MITIE who have provided an analyst to monitor the offences and provide crucial evidence to assist in prosecutions.
So far officers have been successful in securing over 60 charges on numerous prolific offenders, significantly reducing losses and providing reassurance to shop staff and local resident.

Actioned 21 July 2025

Drug Supply : An increased number of drug dealing offences have been reported in the late evening and early hours of the morning across the ward.


Issued 21 July 2025

Action: Working alongside Emergency Response Team to attend and deal with these calls as they are reported and subsequently deal with any identified offenders and vehicles.

Actioned 21 July 2025

Robberies: Robberies taking place along the length of the Greenway continue to be reported. There has been an increase in robberies at the location with the introduction of the darker evenings. These robberies occur in the later afternoon and evening and occur along the Greenway across the BCU by offenders on foot and utilising pedal cycles to carry out theft snatches.



Issued 21 July 2025

Action: When practical to do so officers carryout patrols along the Greenway providing a high visibility reassurance as well as identifying anyone involved in robbery offences.

Utilising the use of pedal cycles for cycle trained officers that can respond to offences quicker.

Request the assistance of proactive assets on the BCU as well as mounted officers from MO7 Taskforce.

Actioned 21 July 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 Plaistow West & Canning Town East are saying are the issues in the area:

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