Lea Bridge (Hackney)

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Lea Bridge-Hackney 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 LeaBridge-Hackney@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).

Vasile Codru

Police Constable

Florina Holban

PCSO

Richard Pereira Dos Santos

PCSO

Emily Starkey

Police Constable

Mohammed Uddin

Inspector

Mehmet Zabelaj

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
Burglary - Across Lea Bridge Ward Issued 27 November 2025	The Team will: - Conduct Hi - Visible street patrols - Crime prevention Advice to residents Via Met engage / contact sessions - Joint patrols with Hackney council Enforcement Officers - Intelligence led arrest enquiries and Police Operations Actioned 27 February 2026
Phone Thefts/Snatches Working towards a reduction of Robberies& Theft Phone Snatching on MILLFIELD ROAD, MILDENHANN ROAD, CHATSWORTH ROAD, WATTISFIELD ROAD, OTLEY TERACE. RUSHMORE ROAD and LEA BRIDGE ROAD Issued 27 November 2025	The team will continue efforts in conducting high visibility targeted patrols in areas such as canal tow paths, transport hubs and low lit street lighted areas. In addition, crime prevention literature and advice around keeping safe and reporting incidents will also be distributed in the area. Weekly Community Contact session within the ward Actioned 27 February 2026
General ASB General ASB remains an ongoing concern for local residents so reassurance patrols are being conducted in targeted areas including, but not limited to, BLURTON ROAD, SOUTHWOLD ROAD, WOODMILL ROAD and LEA BRIDGE RD Issued 27 November 2025	The team are currently conducting reassurance patrols and building inspections in highlighted areas, providing reassurance to residents. In addition, crime prevention literature has been posted on bus stops, residential buildings, and local businesses to ensure local residents are informed on best practices on how to best report issues of ASB. The team will also continue working alongside partner agencies including the council to conduct joint patrols and target identified offenders. Actioned 27 February 2026

Priority

Action taken

Burglary - Across Lea Bridge Ward

Issued 27 November 2025

The Team will:
- Conduct Hi - Visible street patrols
- Crime prevention Advice to residents Via Met engage / contact sessions
- Joint patrols with Hackney council Enforcement Officers
- Intelligence led arrest enquiries and Police Operations

Actioned 27 February 2026

Phone Thefts/Snatches
Working towards a reduction of Robberies& Theft Phone Snatching on MILLFIELD ROAD, MILDENHANN ROAD, CHATSWORTH ROAD, WATTISFIELD ROAD, OTLEY TERACE. RUSHMORE ROAD and LEA BRIDGE ROAD

Issued 27 November 2025

The team will continue efforts in conducting high visibility targeted patrols in areas such as canal tow paths, transport hubs and low lit street lighted areas. In addition, crime prevention literature and advice around keeping safe and reporting incidents will also be distributed in the area. Weekly Community Contact session within the ward

Actioned 27 February 2026

General ASB
General ASB remains an ongoing concern for local residents so reassurance patrols are being conducted in targeted areas including, but not limited to, BLURTON ROAD, SOUTHWOLD ROAD, WOODMILL ROAD and LEA BRIDGE RD

Issued 27 November 2025

The team are currently conducting reassurance patrols and building inspections in highlighted areas, providing reassurance to residents. In addition, crime prevention literature has been posted on bus stops, residential buildings, and local businesses to ensure local residents are informed on best practices on how to best report issues of ASB. The team will also continue working alongside partner agencies including the council to conduct joint patrols and target identified offenders.

Actioned 27 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 Lea Bridge (Hackney) are saying are the issues in the area:

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