Hackney Downs

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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.

Hackney Downs 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 HackneyDowns@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).

Nadia Asghar

Police Constable

Callum Easton

Police Constable

Marco Esposito

PCSO

David Lamb

Inspector

Samira Sadia

PCSO

Muhammad Uddin

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
Reducing burglaries in Hackney Downs ward. Issued 24 February 2026	Increasing patrols in the areas where burglaries have occurred and by obtaining viable CCTV footage to be forwarded to the Integrated Offender Management (IOM) Team for rapid identification of possible suspects. Actioned 24 February 2026
Reducing drug dealing and drug use in Hackney Downs Park. Issued 24 February 2026	Partnership working and increased patrols in Hackney Downs Park to reduce the numbers of those engaging in drug dealing and drug use. Actioned 24 February 2026
Reducing robberies and theft snatches between Hackney Downs Park and Stoke Newington Common. Issued 24 February 2026	Increasing patrols between Hackney Downs Park and Stoke Newington Common on peak days and times when the robberies and theft snatches occur. Actioned 24 February 2026

Priority

Action taken

Reducing burglaries in Hackney Downs ward.

Issued 24 February 2026

Increasing patrols in the areas where burglaries have occurred and by obtaining viable CCTV footage to be forwarded to the Integrated Offender Management (IOM) Team for rapid identification of possible suspects.

Actioned 24 February 2026

Reducing drug dealing and drug use in Hackney Downs Park.

Issued 24 February 2026

Partnership working and increased patrols in Hackney Downs Park to reduce the numbers of those engaging in drug dealing and drug use.

Actioned 24 February 2026

Reducing robberies and theft snatches between Hackney Downs Park and Stoke Newington Common.

Issued 24 February 2026

Increasing patrols between Hackney Downs Park and Stoke Newington Common on peak days and times when the robberies and theft snatches occur.

Actioned 24 February 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 Hackney Downs are saying are the issues in the area:

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