Blackwall & Cubitt Town
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Blackwall & Cubitt Town 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 Blackwall&CubittTown@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).
Jay Debruin
Police Constable
Jack Fletcher
Police Constable
Griffin Hill
PCSO
Keith O'brien
Sergeant
Milan Rai
Police Constable
Abdul Salik
PCSO
Peter Townsend
Police Constable
Anna Witkowska
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 |
|---|---|
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Reduce theft from and theft of motor vehicle crime in the area. Issued 04 September 2026 |
Regular high visibility patrols including Walk and Talks and Safety Surgeries. Leaflet drops with Local Authority. Plain clothes deployment Actioned 16 December 2026 |
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Tackle ASB and Drugs related incidents in the ward Issued 04 September 2026 |
Regular high visibility patrols including Walk and Talks and Safety Surgeries. Obtain misuse of drugs warrant, carry out stop and searches Actioned 16 December 2026 |
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Violence - City Island Way, E14 - Drug dealing at location, which has resulted in assaults/fights between gangs/dealers. Increase in report of robberies. Issued 04 September 2026 |
Regular high visibility patrols and plain clothes deployments, including Walk and Talks and Safety Surgeries, joint working with local authorities Actioned 16 December 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 Blackwall & Cubitt Town are saying are the issues in the area:
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