Homerton

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 speak to your local team about policing issues, and find out how you can get involved, you can email them at CEMailbox.Homerton@met.police.uk.

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.

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 Homerton 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

Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Working towards a reduction of robberies and violence against women girls and youths across the ward. The ward panel members have asked the policing team to work towards reducing the number of robberies across the ward, as well as reducing the amount of street Violence against Women and Girls. Priority Set on 24/10/24

The team will: Conduct high visibility patrols in hotspot areas for robberies. Look to identify individuals committing robberies and enforce actions against them Distribute crime prevention advice, and leaflets to members of the public, focusing mainly around personal safety when out and about. Host ‘Walk and Talk’ sessions for women and girls to be able to talk with officers and raise their concerns about personal safety in public, and obtain safety and crime prevention advice. Attend schools to listen to concerns, and advise on personal safety.

Drug ASB - Clapton Square E5 & Church yard

The resident have asked the policing team to work towards tackling & preventing the increase in Drug Related ASB . Priority Set on 26/03/2024

The team will: Conduct high visibility patrols in the area and look to identify individuals involved in Drug ASB, and enforce actions against them. Engage with victims and members of the public, and while doing so issue crime prevention advice. Conduct joint operation with Hackney Council CCTV and Enforcement team.

Drug Dealing: Milborne Street E9 / Elsdale street E9

The ward panel members have asked the policing team to work towards reducing Drug dealing on this streets Priority Set on 26/03/2025

The team will: Work in partnership with Hackney council Enforcement officers conducting targeted high visibility patrols in hotspot areas when ASB is reported by residents and members of the public to deter DRUG ASB. Conduct community contact session in area that have been identified as hotspot areas. Utilise CCTV to identify suspects and take enforcement action.

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.