Childs Hill

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Childs Hill 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 ChildsHill@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).

Mark Cawthorne (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Childs Hill)

Mark Cawthorne

Police Constable

Andrew Gittins (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Childs Hill Ward)

Andrew Gittins

Police Constable

Kimberley  Morrissey (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Childs Hill SNT)

Kimberley Morrissey

PCSO

Nkemdirim Ofo (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Barnet Neighbourhood Policing Team)

Nkemdirim Ofo

Inspector

Edward Stokes (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, Childs Hill, Garden Suburb - Barnet)

Edward Stokes

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

Retail Crime - Golders Green Road and Cricklewood Lane:
Intelligence analysis has identified retail crime as a key generator of violence in Childs Hill, as well as contributing to anti-social behaviour on the ward.
Your local team will use a range of tactics in collaboration with local partners to drive down this crime type.

Issued 16 July 2025

Work ongoing.

Actioned 16 July 2025

Childs Hill SNT will be looking to run a joint operation with Hampstead Garden Suburbs SNT conducting plain clothed, as well as high visibility patrols in order to try to target and deter offenders. SNT will also be conducting enhanced patrols in the Golders Green LT area to coincide with the end of school year. Barnet Volunteer Police Cadets will be utilised in order to conduct crime prevention leaflet drops in order to make residents more aware about visual awareness.

Issued 16 July 2025

Work ongoing

Actioned 16 July 2025

SNT will be conducting high visibility patrols, utilising stop and search where grounds exist as well as gathering intelligence to target and catch offenders. SNT will also conduct weapons sweeps in the area to reduce the risk of harm to the community. SNT will also look to issue Community Protection Notices. SNT will lease with LBB regarding the potential for a barrier to be placed at the entrance of the Ridge Road Car Park, as well as using the Barnet Volunteer Police Cadets to clean up the litter within the car park

Issued 16 July 2025

Ongoing work to reduce recorded offences and target offenders.
This ward priority has been agreed as continuing into 2025, Police have been conducting reassurance patrols in the area and VPC conducted a weapons sweep in recent days.

Actioned 16 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 Childs Hill are saying are the issues in the area:

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