Queens Park

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 speak to your local team about policing issues, and find out how you can get involved, you can email them at QK-SNTQueensPark@met.police.uk.

In an emergency always call 999.

If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of Queens Park have highlighted as priorities for the area recently. Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised by you and your communities in your local area. To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

Violence Related Priority

Reducing Violent Crime (Robbery/ VAWG) In line with MET policy. Reducing Robberies along Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise station and Purves Road. To work in partnership with local community members and schools as a high proportion of robbery victims are of school age. It had been reported that robberies were occurring along Chamberlayne Road mostly between the hours of 1500 -1700 hrs Monday to Friday and that the victims are of school age. School children like to have the latest mobile phones or trainers for example which therefore makes them an easy target. Also things such as not being aware to keep personal items out of sight when walking from school (air pods, watches, jewellery) Potential partners would be the street watch scheme as well as 'safer space/haven' imitative. An increase in uniformed patrols and volunteers from the local community to provide a visible presence and deterrent. S - Robbery offences M - Crime figures will show levels of crime and timescale A - Suspect can be identified and arrested thus prevent further offences R - Robbery is currently an MPS priority T - The offences can be reviewed over the period of time between ward panel meetings

Ward priority set on 15th Oct’24 at ward panel meeting. • Joint operations with Brent council enforcement officers taken place outside Kensal Rise station to tackle knife point Robbery. • Joint Operations conducted to address ASB at Hazel open space. • Reassurance visits to victims • Hotspot patrols • Walk and talk around Kensal Rise station (VAWG) • Walk and talk around Queen’s Park (VAWG).

Anti Social Behaviour

Address ongoing antisocial behaviours, DRUG USE /DRUG DEALING in the Kensal Triangle area, including Hazel Road and Artisans Mews S- Identify and remove persons involved causing ASB/Drugs M- CAD reports and intelligence data can be reviewed A-Reductions can be achieved by targeted patrols and working with partner agencies. PSPO powers are now available to tackle offending. Issuing of CPW’s to offenders to reduce crime. R-Residents have right to feel safe in their own homes without fear of intimidation and enjoy quality of life. T-Will be reviewed at the next Ward Panel Meeting.

• Crime prevention leaflets provided to residents. • Reassurance visits to victims • Targeted foot patrols of Kensal Triangle area, including Hazel Road and Artisans Mews

To reduce the number of residential Burglaries in the area to the EAST of Chamberlayne Road

Give Crime Prevention advice To reduce Burglary and increase Crime Prevention awareness via Twitter, and Contact points + Visible patrols SPECIFIC - Burglary has been identified in the streets to the EAST of Chamberlayne Road MEASUREABLE - Reports of Burglary crime can be measured. Crime figures will show crime trends ACHIEVABLE- It is possible to reduce MV crime in these areas by positive engagement and action RELEVANT - Burglary is an issue which effects the community in general and has an effect on quality of life TIMELY - These streets fall within normal patrol areas and are no abstracting the teams away from other duties

Ward priority set on 15th Oct’24 at ward panel meeting. • Team to conduct patrols in the area. Conduct crime prevention advice sessions and leaflet drops. • Patrols seeking to Target Harden venues this will be reducing opportunities for Burglars. • Regular contact point sessions organised around the ward. • Reassurance visits conducted to victims of crime.

In an emergency always call 999. If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.