Ilford Town
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Ilford Town 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 IlfordTown@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).
James Allen
Police Constable
Lauren Cooper
Police Constable
Sonia Copson
Sergeant
Vishal Limani
Police Constable
Damian Maclean
Police Constable
Gerrard Mathieson
Inspector
Lewis Pow
PCSO
Frank Ramsden
Sergeant
Matthew Ross
Inspector
Majid Sethi
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 |
|---|---|
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Ilford town ward and areas leading off from Ilford Town Centre will have more visible patrols, target hardening advice via face to face and leafleting. Stop/search, zero tolerance and robust plain clothes patrolling. Issued 25 February 2026 |
VAWG Stalls and engagement work continue to be our priority. Actioned 25 February 2026 |
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This Priority has been resubmitted Issued 25 February 2026 |
Plain clothes operations have been carried out to date Actioned 25 February 2026 |
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Cycling in restricted areas Issued 25 February 2026 |
Regular uniformed Foot patrol Actioned 25 February 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 Ilford Town are saying are the issues in the area:
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