Brownswood

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.

Brownswood 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 Brownswood@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).

Emmanuel Boakye

Police Constable

Katherine Byfield

Police Constable

Neil Lawson

Sergeant

Henry Linnell

Police Constable

James Mcdermott

Police Constable

Jesus Perez Barro

Inspector

Richard Pincombe

PCSO

Owen Wiseman

PCSO

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 Related Priority Working towards a reduction in assaults on Blackstock Road. Mainly focusing in the in areas where people tend to gather, mostly in and around cafes frequented by members of the community on Blackstock Road. We will also distribute crime prevention literature and advice around keeping safe and reporting incidents. Issued 13 July 2026	Joint working with other met areas and operations to tackle this issue Actioned 12 October 2026
ASB/Drugs Targeting ASB on Blackstock Road mostly drug or alcohol related through a partnership approach between police and council, particularly after sunset. Issued 13 July 2026	Joint working with other met areas and operations to tackle this issue to include patrols engagement. Actioned 12 October 2026
Vagrancy - Kings Crescent Est., Wilberforce Road and Queens Drive Targeting homelessness and frequent use of communal stairwells for shelter, drug use and causing ASB. Target drug users sheltering in back alleys/corridors of houses to inject, particularly Wilberforce Road and Queens Drive. Issued 13 July 2026	Tasked patrols in the areas , using street link options for referral Actioned 12 October 2026

Priority

Action taken

Violence Related Priority Working towards a reduction in assaults on Blackstock Road. Mainly focusing in the in areas where people tend to gather, mostly in and around cafes frequented by members of the community on Blackstock Road. We will also distribute crime prevention literature and advice around keeping safe and reporting incidents.

Issued 13 July 2026

Joint working with other met areas and operations to tackle this issue

Actioned 12 October 2026

ASB/Drugs Targeting ASB on Blackstock Road mostly drug or alcohol related through a partnership approach between police and council, particularly after sunset.

Issued 13 July 2026

Joint working with other met areas and operations to tackle this issue to include patrols engagement.

Actioned 12 October 2026

Vagrancy - Kings Crescent Est., Wilberforce Road and Queens Drive Targeting homelessness and frequent use of communal stairwells for shelter, drug use and causing ASB. Target drug users sheltering in back alleys/corridors of houses to inject, particularly Wilberforce Road and Queens Drive.

Issued 13 July 2026

Tasked patrols in the areas , using street link options for referral

Actioned 12 October 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 Brownswood are saying are the issues in the area:

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