Barnsbury
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Barnsbury 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 Barnsbury@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).
Deirdre Grehan
Dedicated Ward Officer
Kerry Landrock
Police Constable
Vinnie Maningas
Sergeant
Saskia Van Den Berghe
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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St Andrews Church Gardens and Thornhill area (now including Crescent Street as of 22/10 WPM) - ASB, such as drug dealing and use. Issued 22 October 2026 |
Plain clothes and uniformed patrols to combat ASB.. Actioned 31 January 2027 |
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Responding to reports relating to a number of Robberies that have occurred in October on MURIEL STREET/CANAL TOWPATH Issued 22 October 2026 |
Regular patrols of both uniformed and plain clothed officers. Engagement with Local Authority for deployment of Park Guard. Actioned 31 January 2027 |
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Chapel Market - Reports of shoplifting and ASB. (Continued priority focusing on potential seasonal crimes) Issued 22 October 2026 |
Officers to conduct patrols in the and link in with the local authority to tackle issues not related to policing matters. Actioned 31 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 Barnsbury are saying are the issues in the area:
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