Northwood

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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.

Northwood 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 Northwood@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).

Gareth Blackburn

Sergeant

Max Humphries

PCSO

Stacey Power

Youth Engagement Co-ordinator

John Usher

PCSO

Jack Younie

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
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) - Officers will be going into schools and giving talks to women/girls in order to give them information on how they can keep themselves safe when out and about. Issued 25 March 2026	Officers will liaise with Women's Groups in the area in order to identify 'hot spot' areas so more targeted patrols can be carried out. Initiatives such as public campaigns including Walk and Talk, as well as Street Safe will be carried out by officers on the ward, where they will be meeting with females to address any issues or concerns they may have.. Actioned 25 March 2026
Theft from Motor Vehicle - Oaklandsgate Issued 25 March 2026	The team will increase foot and mobile patrols on Oaklandsgate We will carry out leaflet drops (related to vehicle crime) on vehicles, in the car park areas on Oaklandsgate We will liaise with the business watch regarding vehicle thefts and give advice to jennifer for her customers, leaflets will also be supplied to her to hand out to them Local businesses around Oaklandsgate will be liaised with about vehicle theft and will also be given leaflets for their customers We shall send out Met Engage messages, regarding any vehicle related crimes that happen, and also send out vehicle crime prevention advice.. Actioned 25 March 2026
Burglary - Copsewood estate Issued 25 March 2026	The team will carry out hi vis foot and mobile patrols around the Copsewood estate (this is our most affected area as of late) including roads within and on its outskirts. We will carry out street briefings on the roads affected by burglary, where we will give out crime prevention advice and talk to the residents to see if they have any concerns, as well as speaking to them about Met Engage and how it works. We will continue with Met Engage registrations and send out local news.. Actioned 25 March 2026

Priority

Action taken

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) - Officers will be going into schools and giving talks to women/girls in order to give them information on how they can keep themselves safe when out and about.

Issued 25 March 2026

Officers will liaise with Women's Groups in the area in order to identify 'hot spot' areas so more targeted patrols can be carried out.
Initiatives such as public campaigns including Walk and Talk, as well as Street Safe will be carried out by officers on the ward, where they will be meeting with females to address any issues or concerns they may have..

Actioned 25 March 2026

Theft from Motor Vehicle - Oaklandsgate

Issued 25 March 2026

The team will increase foot and mobile patrols on Oaklandsgate
We will carry out leaflet drops (related to vehicle crime) on vehicles, in the car park areas on Oaklandsgate
We will liaise with the business watch regarding vehicle thefts and give advice to jennifer for her customers, leaflets will also be supplied to her to hand out to them
Local businesses around Oaklandsgate will be liaised with about vehicle theft and will also be given leaflets for their customers
We shall send out Met Engage messages, regarding any vehicle related crimes that happen, and also send out vehicle crime prevention advice..

Actioned 25 March 2026

Burglary - Copsewood estate

Issued 25 March 2026

The team will carry out hi vis foot and mobile patrols around the Copsewood estate (this is our most affected area as of late) including roads within and on its outskirts.
We will carry out street briefings on the roads affected by burglary, where we will give out crime prevention advice and talk to the residents to see if they have any concerns, as well as speaking to them about Met Engage and how it works.
We will continue with Met Engage registrations and send out local news..

Actioned 25 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 Northwood are saying are the issues in the area:

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

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