Barking Riverside
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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
PS
Umaiya Ferdous
PCSO
Ian Handley
Inspector
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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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. Actioned 03 September 2025 |
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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 |
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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:
Latest Alerts
Local Priorities Anti Social Behaviour Concern Update
Dear Resident, Thank you for taking the local priority survey recently, we note that you highlighte...
Local Priorities Drug dealing - Warrant Executed
Dear Resident,I wanted to provide you with an update regarding drug dealing/ drug use, which people ...
Coffee with a Copper : Fri 25 Jul 09:30
Hi Resident Come and meet your Local Safer Neighbourhoods Team
Coffee with a Copper : Thu 17 Jul 09:30
Hi Resident Join Thames View and Barking Riverside for Coffee with a Copper today at 0930hrs
Local Priorities Shoplifting Message
Dear Resident, I wanted to provide you with an update regarding Shoplifting, which people around you...
Barking Town Centre Summer Plan
As part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission and aligned with the Neighbourhood Policing Guaran...
LFR Arrest Update
On 11 July, 3 wanted individuals were arrested following the deployment of Live Facial Recognition T...
Barking Carnival Local Neighbourhood Policing Team Update
Dear Residents and Community, Barking Town Centre Team were on patrol yesterday for Barking Carniv...
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