Canonbury
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Canonbury 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 Canonbury@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).
Mj Atasoy
Police Constable
Paul Hewitt
Sergeant
Abduswamad Omar
PCSO
Christopher Spiteri
Dedicated Ward Officer
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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ASB issues specific to Alwyne Villas and environs. Issued 31 January 2026 |
High visibility patrols to be conducted in and around the area, joint working with the Local Authority Community Safety Officers to bolster response and offer diversionary services to anyone who may be causing issues. Consideration of full ASB powers for persistent offenders to reduce impact of behaviour on community. Actioned 31 January 2026 |
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Theft from person Issued 30 January 2026 |
Carry out high visibility patrols in areas affected by theft – particularly along Essex Road in order to deter would-be offenders. Patrols in area will also build relationships with those who live/work in the area and reassure residents. Actioned 30 January 2026 |
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Drugs related ASB Issued 30 October 2025 |
Carrying out High Visibility patrols based on intelligence. Work with partners utilising Community Crime Officers and Park Guard to extend coverage. Working through the Early Intervention Scheme to ensure that those causing Anti-Social Behaviour are dealt with have the opportunity to be diverted to support required before moving through to enforcement using community notices to stop offending. Actioned 30 January 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 Canonbury are saying are the issues in the area:
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