High Barnet

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

High Barnet 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 HighBarnet@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).

Richard Celeste

PCSO

Alex Goodley

Inspector

Saba Ikram

Police Community Support Officer

Richard Maggott

Dedicated Ward Officer

Glenn Parker

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
P.2 - Retail Theft - PMP/91802/24 Issued 18 July 2025	Increased shoplifting across High Barnet has led to additional engagement with retailers. Local officers are taking on investigations at an early stage leading to an increase in the number of offenders arrested. Actioned 18 July 2025
P.1 - ASB & Drugs - PMP/91841/24 Issued 18 July 2025	Tackling ongoing ASB and DRUG issues with the High Barnet Ward. Overt and Covert Patrols regularly conducted to reduce this issue. Actioned 18 July 2025
P.3 - Vehicle Crime - PMP/17865/25 Issued 18 July 2025	Utilise plain clothed patrols to target those using vehicles to commit crime across the ward. Using local information & intelligence to develop proactive operations targeting offenders. Actioned 18 July 2025

Priority

Action taken

P.2 - Retail Theft - PMP/91802/24

Issued 18 July 2025

Increased shoplifting across High Barnet has led to additional engagement with retailers. Local officers are taking on investigations at an early stage leading to an increase in the number of offenders arrested.

Actioned 18 July 2025

P.1 - ASB & Drugs - PMP/91841/24

Issued 18 July 2025

Tackling ongoing ASB and DRUG issues with the High Barnet Ward. Overt and Covert Patrols regularly conducted to reduce this issue.

Actioned 18 July 2025

P.3 - Vehicle Crime - PMP/17865/25

Issued 18 July 2025

Utilise plain clothed patrols to target those using vehicles to commit crime across the ward. Using local information & intelligence to develop proactive operations targeting offenders.

Actioned 18 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 High Barnet are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey