St James

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 speak to your local team about policing issues, and find out how you can get involved, you can email them at NEMailbox-.SNTStJamesWard@met.police.uk.

In an emergency always call 999.

If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of St James have highlighted as priorities for the area recently. Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised by you and your communities in your local area. To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

Violence Related Priority

Robbery - Tackling robberies in and around Coppermill Lane, E17

Proactive patrols and to tackle area when it gets dark. Plain clothes operations to be planned and engage with residents

Bike Thefts

Residents have stated that there has been a rise in bike thefts around Coppermill E17. This due to the festive period and the current climate the country is in.

Set up bike tent at Coppermill Lane Car Park and provide the locals with bike marker kits and further provide crime prevention advice to any concerns.

Drugs

Targeting ST James Drugs hotspot areas: - St James Park, E17 - Markhouse Ave, E17 - Brunel Rd, E17 - Essex Road, E17 - Copper Mill Lane, E17

Hi Vis Mobile and Foot patrols. Cocoon crime prevention leaflets and to advise residents if seen ASB to contact 999 or 101. Late night plain clothes operations.

In an emergency always call 999. If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.