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).

Abser Abdur (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, SNT)

Abser Abdur

Police Constable

Emmanuel BOAKYE (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Brownswood SNT)

Emmanuel Boakye

Police Constable

Katherine Byfield (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Brownswood)

Katherine Byfield

Police Constable

Parmveer Jalf (METROPOLITAN POLICE, Police Constable, Brownswood)

Parmveer Jalf

Police Constable

Henry Linnell (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Brownswood)

Henry Linnell

Police Constable

James McDermott (METROPOLITAN POLICE, Police Constable, Brownswood)

James Mcdermott

Police Constable

Richard Pincombe (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, BROWNSWOOD WARD and WOODBERRY DOWN WARD, neighbourhoods)

Richard Pincombe

PCSO

Jack Skinner (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Woodberry Down and Brownswood SNT)

Jack Skinner

Police Constable

Belal Uddin (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, ward)

Belal Uddin

PCSO

Thomas Vie (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Hackney North Cluster)

Thomas Vie

Inspector

Owen Wiseman (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Brownswood)

Owen Wiseman

PCSO

Hamza Yasar (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, CE / SNT / Brownswood Ward and Woodberry Down Ward)

Hamza Yasar

Sergeant

Hamza Yasar (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, CE / SNT / Brownswood Ward and Woodberry Down Ward)

Hamza Yasar

Sergeant

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 23 January 2026

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

Actioned 23 January 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 23 January 2026

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

Actioned 23 January 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 23 January 2026

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

Actioned 23 January 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:

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