North Richmond

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 NorthRichmond@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).

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 North Richmond 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

Drugs - Priority to target Drug activity on the ward which in turn leads to violence i.e. Drug debts and raises community tensions. Actions include proactive patrols of known drug hotspots including the Sheendale Footbridge & Raleigh Road Recreational Ground and working with partner agencies including Housing Associations and Richmond Council.

High Visibility patrols to the locations identified to deter those committing Anti-Social Behaviour and drug offences. Use stop & search and arrest powers when appropriate. Utilising Anti-Social Behaviour legislation to issue ASB warnings, Community Protection warnings and Community Protection Notices when appropriate.

Motor Vehicle Crime

Motor Vehicle Crime - Priority to reduce Motor Vehicle Crime, especially the high levels of Thefts from Motor Vehicles at the bottom of Kew Road. Actions include plain clothes operations, leafleting to raise community awareness and liaising with Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators to gain intelligence.

Research of intelligence system to identify locations for patrols and potential offenders. High visibility patrols and promoting of crime prevention through social media and engagement with owners of vehicles at highest risk.

Local Priority - Burglary

Responding to residents concerns regarding burglary and attempted burglaries in the community.

Increase crime prevention advice being provided to residents. This will include advice on securing sheds and other outbuildings. Ensuring that victims of crime are receiving the appropriate follow up advice and support.

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.