Fairlop

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Fairlop 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 Fairlop@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).

Syed Ali

Police Constable

Kamini Howes

Sergeant

Francis Prosper

Dedicated Ward Officer

Kim Stanley

Police Constable

Luke Stevens

Police Constable

Nicholas Sutton

Inspector

Naz Toofail

PCSO 7113EA

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
Barkingside High Street has seen a regular increase from youths involved in ASB and youth violence. There has been a decrease in crimes whereby knives and weapons have been used, on the high street, however, ward panel members want this to stay as priority linked in with Violence against women and girls as a concern. Team to carry out regular Hi-Viz patrols and interact with the school children in the area. Focussing mainly on school exit times. Issued 24 February 2026	Fairlop ward officers will continue to patrol identified hotspot areas across the ward, carrying out regular high-visibility patrols and engaging with young people, particularly around school times. This follows ongoing reports of groups of youths from different schools gathering on Barkingside High Street. Officers will also conduct regular weapon sweeps in the area as part of efforts to deter and prevent serious violence. In addition, there will be an increased focus on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) patrols on Barkingside High Street and at Hainault Underground Station, providing reassurance and crime prevention advice to the public. Further patrols will take place in local open spaces, paying close attention to Fullwell Cross Leisure centre, working alongside the council and partner agencies to improve safety and address community concerns. Actioned 29 May 2026
ASB/Drugs/prostitution - Trehearn/Trelawney/Saltash Alleyways This priority has been changed from burglary as burglaries are currently low. This issue was brought up in ward panel meeting. Smoking drugs in the alleyways most days, drug dealers congregating and smoking. Prostitution was also mentioned going on in the alleyway behind the properties of Trehearn. The council are looking to clear the fly tipping which stopped for a while but has now started again. The councillor also mentioned implementation of speed bumps on Trehearn due to the speeding of cars. Issued 24 February 2026	Officers from the Fairlop Safer Neighbourhood Team will be carrying out regular high-visibility patrols in the alleyways behind Trehearn Road, Trelawney Road and Saltash Road. The alleyway, which is H-shaped and runs behind these streets, has been the subject of recent complaints from residents regarding drug-related activity, anti-social behaviour, prostitution and fly-tipping. Officers will patrol this area on every shift, monitor activity, engage with residents, and take appropriate action to address any offences or concerns identified. Actioned 29 May 2026
This priority remains the same as the past ones due to being ratified by the most recent ward panel as it is still a concern that the residents feel SNT should be focusing on: Reduction of theft of motor vehicle & theft from motor vehicle on key streets on the ward (Hughes Road Estate & surrounding) over the next three months. In accordance of problem orientated policing. Many streets have been affected with all types of vehicle crimes. Recent crimes recorded show streets affected are Hazelbrouk, Benrek and Fullwell Avenue. New North Road, and Redbridge Sports Centre also affected. Ward panel members would like to keep this priority for a long time. Issued 24 February 2026	High-visibility patrols have been conducted at Redbridge Sports Centre following reports of numerous thefts from motor vehicles, particularly the theft of catalytic converters. Officers have provided crime prevention advice to the centre’s management and staff, along with informational leaflets to help reduce further incidents. During community contact sessions, officers have continued to distribute crime prevention material and offer guidance on how residents can better protect their vehicles. Areas identified as experiencing increased vehicle crime include Redbridge Sports Centre, Powerleague, and Fencepiece Road. In response, officers are carrying out additional patrols in these locations at the times offences have been reported, using both high-visibility and plain-clothed tactics where appropriate. We are also working in partnership with the local council to raise awareness of vehicle crime prevention measures and to provide reassurance to residents. S - Reduce the number of Theft of motor vehicle & Theft from motor vehicle M - Use crime statistics to measure crimes occurrence A - Two main roads within the ward can be targeted R - Councillors and members of the public have identified these roads T – Over the next three months before the next ward panel meetings Actioned 29 May 2026

Priority

Action taken

Barkingside High Street has seen a regular increase from youths involved in ASB and youth violence. There has been a decrease in crimes whereby knives and weapons have been used, on the high street, however, ward panel members want this to stay as priority linked in with Violence against women and girls as a concern.
Team to carry out regular Hi-Viz patrols and interact with the school children in the area. Focussing mainly on school exit times.

Issued 24 February 2026

Fairlop ward officers will continue to patrol identified hotspot areas across the ward, carrying out regular high-visibility patrols and engaging with young people, particularly around school times. This follows ongoing reports of groups of youths from different schools gathering on Barkingside High Street.
Officers will also conduct regular weapon sweeps in the area as part of efforts to deter and prevent serious violence.
In addition, there will be an increased focus on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) patrols on Barkingside High Street and at Hainault Underground Station, providing reassurance and crime prevention advice to the public.
Further patrols will take place in local open spaces, paying close attention to Fullwell Cross Leisure centre, working alongside the council and partner agencies to improve safety and address community concerns.

Actioned 29 May 2026

ASB/Drugs/prostitution - Trehearn/Trelawney/Saltash Alleyways
This priority has been changed from burglary as burglaries are currently low.
This issue was brought up in ward panel meeting. Smoking drugs in the alleyways most days, drug dealers congregating and smoking.
Prostitution was also mentioned going on in the alleyway behind the properties of Trehearn. The council are looking to clear the fly tipping which stopped for a while but has now started again. The councillor also mentioned implementation of speed bumps on Trehearn due to the speeding of cars.

Issued 24 February 2026

Officers from the Fairlop Safer Neighbourhood Team will be carrying out regular high-visibility patrols in the alleyways behind Trehearn Road, Trelawney Road and Saltash Road. The alleyway, which is H-shaped and runs behind these streets, has been the subject of recent complaints from residents regarding drug-related activity, anti-social behaviour, prostitution and fly-tipping.
Officers will patrol this area on every shift, monitor activity, engage with residents, and take appropriate action to address any offences or concerns identified.

Actioned 29 May 2026

This priority remains the same as the past ones due to being ratified by the most recent ward panel as it is still a concern that the residents feel SNT should be focusing on: Reduction of theft of motor vehicle & theft from motor vehicle on key streets on the ward (Hughes Road Estate & surrounding) over the next three months. In accordance of problem orientated policing.

Many streets have been affected with all types of vehicle crimes. Recent crimes recorded show streets affected are Hazelbrouk, Benrek and Fullwell Avenue. New North Road, and Redbridge Sports Centre also affected. Ward panel members would like to keep this priority for a long time.

Issued 24 February 2026

High-visibility patrols have been conducted at Redbridge Sports Centre following reports of numerous thefts from motor vehicles, particularly the theft of catalytic converters. Officers have provided crime prevention advice to the centre’s management and staff, along with informational leaflets to help reduce further incidents.
During community contact sessions, officers have continued to distribute crime prevention material and offer guidance on how residents can better protect their vehicles.
Areas identified as experiencing increased vehicle crime include Redbridge Sports Centre, Powerleague, and Fencepiece Road. In response, officers are carrying out additional patrols in these locations at the times offences have been reported, using both high-visibility and plain-clothed tactics where appropriate.
We are also working in partnership with the local council to raise awareness of vehicle crime prevention measures and to provide reassurance to residents.

S - Reduce the number of Theft of motor vehicle & Theft from motor vehicle
M - Use crime statistics to measure crimes occurrence
A - Two main roads within the ward can be targeted
R - Councillors and members of the public have identified these roads
T – Over the next three months before the next ward panel meetings

Actioned 29 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 Fairlop are saying are the issues in the area:

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