Havering-atte-Bower

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.

Havering-atte-Bower 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 Havering-atte-Bower@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).

Stephen Hobday

Police Constable

Christopher Richardson

Police Constable

Colin Searle

Acting Police Sergeant

Daniel Stone

PCSO

Peter Watts

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
E-Scooters & E-Bikes Issued 12 July 2026	Local SNT will be engaging with everyone regarding the legalities of E-Bikes & E-Scooters. More stop and engagements with users with the aim to provide advice and take action where appropriate to target offenders and prosecute for relevant driving offences Actioned 31 August 2026
Violence Against Women and Girls Issued 12 July 2026	Reduction of crime and fear of crime in relation to violence against women and girls. Operational Aim: Engagement and Education initiatives to reach broad audience to prevent likelihood of becoming a victim and best practice for effective reporting and community support. Ward officers to conduct two initiatives a month, these will include crime prevention stalls, walk, talk & do's and various other contact points. Actioned 31 August 2026
Anti-Social Behaviour Issued 12 July 2026	Local SNT will be engaging in more visible patrols around businesses, parks and other identified locations where ASB is being caused. Our aim will be to identify the offenders and deal with them appropriately to reduce ASB Actioned 31 August 2026
Drugs Issued 12 July 2026	Local SNT will be conducting patrols in locations where drug use/dealing is reported in order to identify offenders and deal with them accordingly. The aim will be to reduce drug use/dealing within the local communities working alongside our partners to disrupt any drug lines to create a safer environment for the local community Actioned 31 August 2026

Priority

Action taken

E-Scooters & E-Bikes

Issued 12 July 2026

Local SNT will be engaging with everyone regarding the legalities of E-Bikes & E-Scooters. More stop and engagements with users with the aim to provide advice and take action where appropriate to target offenders and prosecute for relevant driving offences

Actioned 31 August 2026

Violence Against Women and Girls

Issued 12 July 2026

Reduction of crime and fear of crime in relation to violence against women and girls. Operational Aim: Engagement and Education initiatives to reach broad audience to prevent likelihood of becoming a victim and best practice for effective reporting and community support. Ward officers to conduct two initiatives a month, these will include crime prevention stalls, walk, talk & do's and various other contact points.

Actioned 31 August 2026

Anti-Social Behaviour

Issued 12 July 2026

Local SNT will be engaging in more visible patrols around businesses, parks and other identified locations where ASB is being caused. Our aim will be to identify the offenders and deal with them appropriately to reduce ASB

Actioned 31 August 2026

Drugs

Issued 12 July 2026

Local SNT will be conducting patrols in locations where drug use/dealing is reported in order to identify offenders and deal with them accordingly. The aim will be to reduce drug use/dealing within the local communities working alongside our partners to disrupt any drug lines to create a safer environment for the local community

Actioned 31 August 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 Havering-atte-Bower are saying are the issues in the area:

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