Newington

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Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

Newington 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 Newington@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).

Oliver Boorer

Police Constable

Charlotte Hill

Police Constable

Liam Mitchell-Harris

Dedicated Ward Officer

James Southgate

Sergeant

Stephen-Francis Wittenhearst-Alexzander

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
PRIORITY 1: Two wheel enabled crime Priority – To reduce incidents of crime and ASB facilitated by electric bikes and motorbikes, with a focus on phone snatching and anti-social riding on Braganza street and Chapter Road - Issued 02 June 2025	Action - Regular police patrols, including ops on Braganza street and Chapter road and other areas in the ward to deter and apprehend those involved. Actioned 02 June 2025
PRIORITY 2: DRUG ISSUES WARD WIDE DETAILS: Ward panel members voiced concerns and agreed to drug issues across the ward being a ward priority. Drug issues are a growing local problem and have been causing widespread disturbance, impacting the sense of safety for residents. Updated at Ward Panel meeting held on 19th November 2024 Issued 02 June 2025	ACTIONS: Additional patrols will be commenced to target intervention against drug issues associated anti-social behaviour, alongside community engagement. Actioned 02 June 2025
Pasley Estate Priority – To address drug use, rough sleeping and ASB in the Paisley Estate and adjacent Pasley Park Issued 02 June 2025	Action – Disrupt drug use on the estate and park thought regular enforcement, outreach and support to rough sleepers encountered, tackling Violence Against Women & Girls with hi vis patrols to boost public confidence and reduce incidents such attacks. Actioned 02 June 2025

Priority

Action taken

PRIORITY 1: Two wheel enabled crime

Priority – To reduce incidents of crime and ASB facilitated by electric bikes and motorbikes, with a focus on phone snatching and anti-social riding on Braganza street and Chapter Road
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Issued 02 June 2025

Action - Regular police patrols, including ops on Braganza street and Chapter road and other areas in the ward to deter and apprehend those involved.

Actioned 02 June 2025

PRIORITY 2: DRUG ISSUES WARD WIDE

DETAILS: Ward panel members voiced concerns and agreed to drug issues across the ward being a ward priority. Drug issues are a growing local problem and have been causing widespread disturbance, impacting the sense of safety for residents.

Updated at Ward Panel meeting held on 19th November 2024

Issued 02 June 2025

ACTIONS: Additional patrols will be commenced to target intervention against drug issues associated anti-social behaviour, alongside community engagement.

Actioned 02 June 2025

Pasley Estate

Priority – To address drug use, rough sleeping and ASB in the Paisley Estate and adjacent Pasley Park

Issued 02 June 2025

Action – Disrupt drug use on the estate and park thought regular enforcement, outreach and support to rough sleepers encountered, tackling Violence Against Women & Girls with hi vis patrols to boost public confidence and reduce incidents such attacks.

Actioned 02 June 2025

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 Newington are saying are the issues in the area:

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