Bethnal Green East

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.

Bethnal Green East 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 BethnalGreenEast@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).

Nikolaos Bekiris

Police Constable

Isabel Chetwynd

Dedicated Ward Officer

George Ciustea

PCSO

Benjamin Hughes

Inspector

Simon Lambert

Police Constable

Jamie Mack

Police Constable

John Murphy

PCSO

Andrew Pay

Sergeant

Mathew Pearman

Police Constable

Vasilena Pehlivanova

Dedicated Ward Officer

Olivia Rice

PCSO

Jermaine Simpson-Taylor

PCSO

Rosvaldas Zaveckas

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
ASB - Drug dealing within Eastbourne House from motor vehicles. Issued 21 October 2026	Regular high visibility patrols including walk and talks and street briefings in the area to deter all drug related activity. Intelligence led proactive plain clothes patrols targeting vehicles believed to be dealing drugs. Actioned 21 January 2027
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) offences - Issued 21 October 2026	Regular high visibility patrols focusing on public transport hubs. Partnership Stand at transport hubs, offering panic alarms and crime prevention advice. High visibility patrols in high-risk areas, identified using crime date and walk and talks, all advertised on the engagement tracker. Actioned 21 January 2027
Burglaries - Ward wide based on intelligence leading up to festive period. Issued 21 July 2026	High visibility patrols in the area and working in partnership with THEO's utilising council CCTV in crime hotspots. Street briefings and walk and talks to raise awareness regularly timetabled. Proactive patrols targeting residential buildings with single communal door access Actioned 21 January 2027

Priority

Action taken

ASB - Drug dealing within Eastbourne House from motor vehicles.

Issued 21 October 2026

Regular high visibility patrols including walk and talks and street briefings in the area to deter all drug related activity.

Intelligence led proactive plain clothes patrols targeting vehicles believed to be dealing drugs.

Actioned 21 January 2027

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) offences -

Issued 21 October 2026

Regular high visibility patrols focusing on public transport hubs.
Partnership Stand at transport hubs, offering panic alarms and crime prevention advice.
High visibility patrols in high-risk areas, identified using crime date and walk and talks, all advertised on the engagement tracker.

Actioned 21 January 2027

Burglaries - Ward wide based on intelligence leading up to festive period.

Issued 21 July 2026

High visibility patrols in the area and working in partnership with THEO's utilising council CCTV in crime hotspots. Street briefings and walk and talks to raise awareness regularly timetabled.

Proactive patrols targeting residential buildings with single communal door access

Actioned 21 January 2027

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 Bethnal Green East are saying are the issues in the area:

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