Village (Barking and Dagenham)
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Village - Barking & Dagenham 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 Village-Barking&Dagenham@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).
Christopher Allen
Police Constable
Christopher Dwyer
Sergeant
Ian Handley
Inspector
Alfie Sullivan
PCSO
Megan Taylor
Police Constable
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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Reduce robberies within the ward Issued 05 March 2026 |
Officers will conduct targeted patrols where it has been identified there is an area of concern utilising covert and overt tactics. Actioned 21 May 2026 |
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High visibility patrols across the ward to reduce and combat burglary by identifying vulnerable properties. Issued 05 March 2026 |
Officers will conduct targeted patrols to identify vulnerable properties. Actioned 21 May 2026 |
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High visibility patrols across the ward to reduce asb and utilise ASB powers such a CPW, CPN's and CBO Issued 05 March 2026 |
Officers will utilise ASB powers to target, deter ASB hotspots within the ward Actioned 21 May 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 Village (Barking and Dagenham) are saying are the issues in the area:
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