Eastbury

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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.

Eastbury 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 Eastbury@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).

Kacper Brzezinski (Metropolitan Police, Police Community Support Officer, Eastbury Ward )

Kacper Brzezinski

Police Community Support Officer

Steven Burkey (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, SNT)

Steven Burkey

Police Constable

Joseph Pocknell (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Barking Town Centre Team)

Joseph Pocknell

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

Violence against women and girls.

Protecting women and girls from violence is a top priority. Everyone has the right to feel safe, whether at home, work, or out in the community.

Issued 06 July 2025

Working in partnership with local authority and community to reduce, prevent, detect and deter incidents and impact of VAWG on women and girls in Eastbury .
Team will be conducting a range of deployments and activities, including engagements and events to reduce and prevent incidents linked to VAWG. A intelligence led and problem solving approach to those committing offences will see continued partnership and joint working with local authority and key agencies, and third sector to design out and target high harm offenders including use of technology linked to Live Facial Recognition pre planned operations . A mixture of enforcement and engagement work will continue, seeing further referrals into Community MARAC multi agency pathway, and to utilize other tactics linked to Community Protection and Criminal Behavior Orders as and where able.

Actioned 13 July 2025

Anti Social Behavior linked to Drugs Dealing and offending in John Burns Drive

Issued 06 July 2025

Working in partnership with local authority and community to reduce, prevent, detect and deter incidents and impact of ASB in Eastbury . Team will be conducting a range of deployments and activities, including engagements and events to reduce and prevent incidents linked to ASB. A intelligence led and problem solving approach to those committing offences will see continued partnership and joint working with local authority and key agencies, and third sector to design out and target high harm offenders including utilizing closure orders, criminal behavior orders and community protection toolkit as and where proportionate and necessary to do so. Further referrals into managing offenders committing ASB will continue into the Community MARAC multi agency pathways.
Consideration also in the use of Dispersal Orders will also continue to be an effective tool in managing those intent on committing repeat and or high harm incidents of ASB linked to drug dealing or other of note.
Where PSPO powers are able to be utilized consideration of using this power will also be actioned in address the issues around ASB overall.

Actioned 13 July 2025

Increased levels of Robbery at Gale Street

Issued 06 July 2025

To utilize a range of engagement and enforcement tactics including partnership working and proactivity in managing and targeting those offenders known or intent on committing offences. To utilize community protection toolkit in duality where proportionate and reasonable to do so with offenders. To continue to work with design out crime officer and utilizing funding streams to improve and enhance patrols and visibility in key hot spots of note. To work in partnership in problem solving incidents of robbery in Gales street .

Actioned 13 July 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 Eastbury are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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Operation Verona : Tackling VAWG in Barking

We’re proud to share the success of Operation Verona, a proactive initiative focused on tackling Vio...

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29/07/2025 20:03:21

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Joint patrols taken place

Your local Town Centre Team were out on patrol this morning alongside the council, engaging with loc...

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29/07/2025 12:11:01

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Local Priorities Anti Social Behaviour Concern Update

Dear Resident, Thank you for taking the local priority survey recently, we note that you highlighte...

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26/07/2025 02:11:24

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Local Priorities Drug dealing - Warrant Executed

Dear Resident,I wanted to provide you with an update regarding drug dealing/ drug use, which people ...

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24/07/2025 15:38:36

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Met engage sign up event : Fri 18 Jul 18:48

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18/07/2025 13:36:53

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Local Priorities Shoplifting Message

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15/07/2025 08:00:36

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Barking Town Centre Summer Plan

As part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission and aligned with the Neighbourhood Policing Guaran...

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14/07/2025 11:09:17

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LFR Arrest Update

On 11 July, 3 wanted individuals were arrested following the deployment of Live Facial Recognition T...

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