Island Gardens
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Island Gardens 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 IslandGardens@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).
Ilma Afrose
PCSO
Jack Fletcher
Police Constable
Michael Hills
Sergeant
Anna Kelly
PCSO
Keith O'brien
Sergeant
William Thompson
Police Constable
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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Youth Related Violence around Issued 04 September 2026 |
The SNT have been doing regular high visibility patrols and operations with the local authority. Actioned 16 December 2026 |
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Phoenix Court and surrounding areas - reports of theft snatch/robberies. Issued 04 September 2026 |
The SNT have been doing regular hi-vis patrols and plain clothes patrols, as well as operations with the local authority. Actioned 16 December 2026 |
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Issues of Drug Dealing in Phoenix Court. Issued 04 September 2026 |
The SNT have been doing regular hi-vis patrols, and operations with the local authority. 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 Island Gardens are saying are the issues in the area:
Latest Alerts
Local Dangerous Driving Message
Dear Resident, We wanted to share a quick update about dangerous driving in your area. Please be ass...
Local Drug dealing / Drug use Message
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Bike marking event : Tue 06 Oct 11:30
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Bike Theft Update
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ISLAND GARDEN WARD PANEL MEETING : Wed 16 Sep 18:00
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