Holborn & Covent Garden
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Holborn & Covent Garden 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 Holborn&CoventGarden@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).
Michael Eales
Police Constable
Inanc Erbas
Police Constable
Orlando Escobar Hincapie
PCSO
James Flanagan
PCSO
Shahazley Hussain
PCSO
Sean Lewis
Police Constable
Barry Macinnes
Sergeant
Amber Matthews
Police Constable
Eleanor Priddy
Police Constable
Alma Yeboah
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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Combatting Youth Violence - Intelligence led local policing working to combat youth violence specifically related to gang activity on our Intelligence led local policing working to combat youth violence specifically related to gang activity on our housing estates. We will achieve this through increased visibility, utilising resident and partner agency intelligence and early identification of Child Criminal Exploitation. Issued 01 March 2026 |
The ward team regularly patrol the areas most effected by youth violence and feedback any intelligence to the relevant MPS teams and partner agencies. Actioned 31 May 2026 |
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Drug Related Activity Issued 01 March 2026 |
The ward team regularly meet with various agencies to manage vulnerable residents and anti-social behaviour issues within blocks and areas on the ward. Actioned 31 May 2026 |
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Visitor Crime Issued 01 March 2026 |
The ward team work alongside the council and partnership agencies to target tourist crime and provide a visible presence to deter. Actioned 31 May 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 Holborn & Covent Garden are saying are the issues in the area:
Latest Alerts
Stepping up our hate crime patrols in Camden
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Street Surgery - St Giles Square, Centre Point 13/05/26 @12:00HOURS : Wed 13 May 12:00
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Street Surgery - 13/06/2026 @ 20:00 HOURS – Leather Lane Junction with Portpool Lane : Sat 13 Jun 20:00
Hi Resident Come and meet your local ward team to discuss ongoing issues in your local area.
Street Surgery - 07/06/2026 @ 17:00HOURS – Shaftesbury Avenue junction with Earlham Street : Sun 07 Jun 17:00
Hi Resident Come and meet your local ward team to discuss ongoing issues in your local area.
Street Surgery - 27/05/2026 @ 20:00HOURS – Leather Lane junction with Portpool Lane EC1 : Wed 27 May 20:00
Hi Resident Come and meet your local ward team to discuss ongoing issues in your local area.
Street Surgery - 03/05/2026 @ 14:00HOURS – Grape Street junction with Shaftesbury Avenue WC2 : Sun 03 May 14:00
Hi Resident Come and meet your local ward team to discuss ongoing issues in your local area.
Arrests and increased patrols following Golders Green Arson attack
Dear all, The arson attack in Golders Green early on Monday was a shocking hate crime, designed ...
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Upcoming Events
Street Surgery - 03/05/2026 @ 14:00HOURS – Grape Street junction with Shaftesbury Avenue WC2
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- 03/05/2026 14:00
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Street Surgery - St Giles Square, Centre Point 13/05/26 @12:00HOURS
- WC2H 8LH, Saint Giles High Street, WC2H 8LH
- 13/05/2026 12:00
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Street Surgery - 27/05/2026 @ 20:00HOURS – Leather Lane junction with Portpool Lane EC1
- EC1N 7TS, Leather Lane, EC1N 7TS
- 27/05/2026 20:00
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Street Surgery - 07/06/2026 @ 17:00HOURS – Shaftesbury Avenue junction with Earlham Street
- WC2H 9LL, Earlham Street, WC2H 9LL
- 07/06/2026 17:00
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Street Surgery - 13/06/2026 @ 20:00 HOURS – Leather Lane Junction with Portpool Lane
- EC1N 7TS, Leather Lane, EC1N 7TS
- 13/06/2026 20:00
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