Barking Riverside

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

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.

Barking Riverside 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 BarkingRiverside@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).

Matthew Everett

Police Sergeant

Umaiya Ferdous

PCSO

Ian Handley

Inspector

Raluca-Ioana Lazar

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
Containment of Robbery related crime in and around Choats road and Fielders crescent Issued 03 July 2025	Enhanced patrols targeted use of BPn, CPW And CBO. Enhanced Weapons sweeps use of stop and search Actioned 03 September 2025
Road safety issues focusing on anti social driving on Bastable Avenue Issued 03 July 2025	Speed operations and Potential CUBO operations Actioned 03 September 2025
ASB and drug use in various stairwells, the communal areas of flats and car parks of Barking Riverside Ward. Issued 03 July 2025	Patrol Flats new stairwells and underground car parks prior to winter with contact with block management Actioned 03 September 2025

Priority

Action taken

Containment of Robbery related crime in and around Choats road and Fielders crescent

Issued 03 July 2025

Enhanced patrols targeted use of BPn, CPW And CBO.

Enhanced Weapons sweeps use of stop and search

Actioned 03 September 2025

Road safety issues focusing on anti social driving on Bastable Avenue

Issued 03 July 2025

Speed operations and Potential CUBO operations

Actioned 03 September 2025

ASB and drug use in various stairwells, the communal areas of flats and car parks of Barking Riverside Ward.

Issued 03 July 2025

Patrol Flats new stairwells and underground car parks prior to winter with contact with block management

Actioned 03 September 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 Barking Riverside are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey