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
Police Constable
Mugur Chirlacofschi
PCSO
Kimberley Morrissey
PCSO
Olivia Mowl
Communications Staff
Marie O'connor
PCSO
Nkemdirim Ofo
Inspector
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:
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Retail Crime - Golders Green Road and Cricklewood Lane: Issued 01 September 2026 |
Officers have been conducting enhanced patrols in the areas most commonly affected by retail crime, including targeted plain clothes patrols. New technology is being utilised to identify and arrest prolific offenders. Post conviction orders are also routinely being sought in order to manage the risk of reoffending. Shops suspected of being involved in handling of stolen goods have also been targeted in order to reduce the market for stolen goods. Actioned 01 September 2026 |
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Motor Vehicle crime - This has been identified as an area of significant concern to the local community. This priority includes both theft from and theft of motor vehicles. Issued 01 September 2026 |
SNT have been conducting targeted patrols in areas identified as having a high incidence of theft from motor vehicle offences. Every M/V crime report is scrutinised and reassurance and crime prevention advice is offered to victims. Analysis of the offences has identified certain vehicles being targeted. Officers are conducting leaflet drops with assistance from Barnet VPC especially focused on owners of at risk vehicles. Actioned 01 September 2026 |
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Drug crime and associated ASB - This crime type is noted as remaining a significant cause for concern amongst the community, and is a driver for violent crime within the locality and more broadly. Issued 01 September 2026 |
The local team have been carrying out targeted patrols in response to intelligence from the community leading to arrests for drug offences in hotspots. They have also been working with other teams within the MPS and external stakeholders to carry out policing operations designed to disrupt the supply of drugs in the area. Recent results have included an arrest for possession with intent to supply from a routine patrol of one of the areas highlighted by residents. Actioned 01 September 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 Childs Hill are saying are the issues in the area:
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