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

Andrew Gittins
Police Constable

Kimberley Morrissey
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:
Priority | Action taken |
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Retail Crime - Golders Green Road and Cricklewood Lane: 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. 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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