Winchmore Hill

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 speak to your local team about policing issues, and find out how you can get involved, you can email them at WinchmoreHill.SNT@met.police.uk.

In an emergency always call 999.

If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of Winchmore Hill have highlighted as priorities for the area recently. Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised by you and your communities in your local area. To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

Violence Related Priority

Winchmore Hill ward is known for high value houses and vehicles and as such becomes a target for burglaries. In our last ward Panel Meeting it was decided that Burglary will be our ward priority, especially around Woodberry Avenue N21, Seaforth Gardens N21, and Branscombe Gardens N21.

We will also be conducting proactive patrols and crime prevention advice to reassure residents and make the burglaries less attractive. Winchmore Hill NPT will be available for the local community/residents to approach and discuss any issues regarding the priority crime, any other crime, speak about any questions/concerns. NPT will provide assistance with and around crime prevention advice.

Vehicle ASB

There have been complaints of speeding throughout the ward, especially in the 20 MPH areas. Speed gun camera operations will be conducted, and educating drivers on road safety.

Vehicle ASB and Speeding was discussed in our Ward Panel meeting, Speed gun operations have been carried out on the ward, and will continue. Junior speed watches have also been carried out with safer transport teams. These speed gun operations will continue. Planning education campaigns around speeding by speaking to drivers and businesses.

MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME

Theft from motor vehicle and theft of motor vehicle, especially around the Broadwalk N21 area of the ward. We will be running crime prevention campaigns.

Faraday pouches and registration plate anti-theft screws have been provided to residents. Crime prevention leaflets posted through doors.

In an emergency always call 999. If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.