Cricklewood & Mapesbury

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Cricklewood & Mapesbury 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 Cricklewood&Mapesbury@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).

Ionela Archir

PCSO

Ajay Dhokia

PCSO

Dan Novakovic

Police Constable

Alan O'connor

Sergeant

Rishigar Selvarajah

Police Constable

Alicja Wykowska Soares

Police Constable

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
Burglary Burglary has been on a steady decline across the ward. This is down to identifying persistence offenders who commit burglaries who are either currently in prison or have been issued with a criminal behaviour order. The team review any burglaries being committed to identify the suspect and provide a reassurance visit to the victim. During the reassurance visit the team conduct house to house enquiries so that cctv footage can be downloaded and seized to try to identify the perpetrator but also to provide advice to other residents. The next 3 months the team will look at any trends in burglary reports and provide reassurance visits and patrols. Issued 28 March 2026	Provide both uniformed and plain clothes patrols, identify individuals who have been identified as suspects for burglaries and disrupt them. Engage with them and if any offences committed to arrest them. Officers actively seeking injunctions and Community Protection notices vs worse offenders. Crime prevention stalls to target harden the area. Op Terminos has also started targetting Burglary Op Terminos operations and patrols continue Actioned 30 March 2026
ASB There is a constant issue of anti-social behaviour of drug use around the ward, the main areas where drug activity is being reported is around Chichele Road and Anson, Dartmouth and Teignmouth Road including Dawlish Road and roads off Anson Road near to Gladstone Park. The team will conduct both uniformed patrols and plain clothes in this area and will engage and disrupt any drug issue and anti-social behaviour if individuals are seen or any information provided on individuals involved in drug use and supply. The team continue to work closely with partner agencies such as the local authority, St Mungo’s and VIA in order to help these individuals who are prone to be using drugs. The next 3 months the team will continue to patrol the ward and key hotspot areas and build intelligence. Issued 28 March 2026	Work with local authority and charities such as St Mungo's to help house the drug users and provide any safeguarding if necessary. This is also part of Op TERMINOS patrols. Actioned 30 March 2026
Violence Mapesbury and Cricklewood SNT will continue to show uniform patrols by foot and the use of police vehicles along Cricklewood Broadway and Chichele Road as this is the hotspot for violence on the streets due to being a high street on a main route. Violence on the ward over the last 3 months is fairly low however the team conduct proactive patrols and work with partner agencies such as the local authority and VIA in order to reduce crime related matters and anti-social behaviour. Individuals have been identified who are involved in violence and are repeat offenders which the SNT engage with and disrupt there daily activity to show police are aware and in the area. The next 3 months under Operation Terminos which focuses on priority crime of Violence, Burglary and Robbery but also includes anti-social behaviour and drugs, the team will target known offenders and provide uniform and plain clothes patrol. Issued 28 March 2025	Provide uniformed patrols on Cricklewood Broadway. Engagement with the local business. Days of action planned with Brent council around A5 corridor. Op Terminos operations and patrols continue Actioned 30 March 2026

Priority

Action taken

Burglary
Burglary has been on a steady decline across the ward. This is down to identifying persistence offenders who commit burglaries who are either currently in prison or have been issued with a criminal behaviour order. The team review any burglaries being committed to identify the suspect and provide a reassurance visit to the victim. During the reassurance visit the team conduct house to house enquiries so that cctv footage can be downloaded and seized to try to identify the perpetrator but also to provide advice to other residents. The next 3 months the team will look at any trends in burglary reports and provide reassurance visits and patrols.

Issued 28 March 2026

Provide both uniformed and plain clothes patrols, identify individuals who have been identified as suspects for burglaries and disrupt them. Engage with them and if any offences committed to arrest them.
Officers actively seeking injunctions and Community Protection notices vs worse offenders.
Crime prevention stalls to target harden the area.
Op Terminos has also started targetting Burglary

Op Terminos operations and patrols continue

Actioned 30 March 2026

ASB
There is a constant issue of anti-social behaviour of drug use around the ward, the main areas where drug activity is being reported is around Chichele Road and Anson, Dartmouth and Teignmouth Road including Dawlish Road and roads off Anson Road near to Gladstone Park. The team will conduct both uniformed patrols and plain clothes in this area and will engage and disrupt any drug issue and anti-social behaviour if individuals are seen or any information provided on individuals involved in drug use and supply. The team continue to work closely with partner agencies such as the local authority, St Mungo’s and VIA in order to help these individuals who are prone to be using drugs. The next 3 months the team will continue to patrol the ward and key hotspot areas and build intelligence.

Issued 28 March 2026

Work with local authority and charities such as St Mungo's to help house the drug users and provide any safeguarding if necessary.
This is also part of Op TERMINOS patrols.

Actioned 30 March 2026

Violence
Mapesbury and Cricklewood SNT will continue to show uniform patrols by foot and the use of police vehicles along Cricklewood Broadway and Chichele Road as this is the hotspot for violence on the streets due to being a high street on a main route. Violence on the ward over the last 3 months is fairly low however the team conduct proactive patrols and work with partner agencies such as the local authority and VIA in order to reduce crime related matters and anti-social behaviour. Individuals have been identified who are involved in violence and are repeat offenders which the SNT engage with and disrupt there daily activity to show police are aware and in the area. The next 3 months under Operation Terminos which focuses on priority crime of Violence, Burglary and Robbery but also includes anti-social behaviour and drugs, the team will target known offenders and provide uniform and plain clothes patrol.

Issued 28 March 2025

Provide uniformed patrols on Cricklewood Broadway.
Engagement with the local business.
Days of action planned with Brent council around A5 corridor. Op Terminos operations and patrols continue

Actioned 30 March 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 Cricklewood & Mapesbury are saying are the issues in the area:

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