Canning Town North

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Canning Town North 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 CanningTownNorth@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).

Anthony Conteh

Sgt

Annie Gillingham

Ruhel Islam

Dedicated Ward Officer

Harpareet Kaur

Dedicated Ward Officer

Richard Oldfield

Inspector

Jamie Ryan

PCSO

Hazal Tapki

Dedicated Ward Officer

Carly White

PCSO

Canning Town North Safer Neighbourhoods Team

Anthony Conteh

Sgt

Annie Gillingham

Ruhel Islam

Dedicated Ward Officer

Harpareet Kaur

Dedicated Ward Officer

Richard Oldfield

Inspector

Jamie Ryan

PCSO

Hazal Tapki

Dedicated Ward Officer

Carly White

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
Violence Related Priority : Reduce Robberies in the hot spot areas of Canning Town North Issued 24 July 2025	Overt and Covert patrols to target these robberies. Working with other units and wards/boroughs to tackle phone snatches and robbers. Covert patrols in the parks of Canning Town North. Intercepting suspects in cut through and alleyways. Also providing crime prevention advice to warn the community of suspects. Actioned 17 October 2025
Violence Against Women & Girls: Violence against Girls and Women High visible patrols targeting busy areas such as West Ham Station, Star Park and Memorial Recreation Ground. Crime prevention advice and handing out leaflets. Working with specialist units, Op Furdale, to prevent VAWG. Issued 24 July 2025	Overt patrols. Crime prevention advice and lectures at various public meetings. Leafleting around crime hot spots to create awareness. Actioned 17 October 2025
Anti Social Behaviour/ Drugs: Reduce ASB along with drug users and dealers on the ward Covert patrols targeting ASB in hot spot areas such as Star Park, Avondale Court, Memorial Avenue, Twelvetrees Industrial Park, Barking Road and Clifford Road. Overt patrols to deter and prevent ASB. Diversion by means of referrals, followed by enforcement by means of ASB warnings, CPWs and CPNs. Issued 24 July 2025	Hi Visibility Patrols along with working with Housing management companies and other local authorities to reduce this on the ward using short and long term problem solving Actioned 17 October 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence Related Priority :

Reduce Robberies in the hot spot areas of Canning Town North

Issued 24 July 2025

Overt and Covert patrols to target these robberies.
Working with other units and wards/boroughs to tackle phone snatches and robbers. Covert patrols in the parks of Canning Town North. Intercepting suspects in cut through and alleyways. Also providing crime prevention advice to warn the community of suspects.

Actioned 17 October 2025

Violence Against Women & Girls:
Violence against Girls and Women
High visible patrols targeting busy areas such as West Ham Station, Star Park and Memorial Recreation Ground. Crime prevention advice and handing out leaflets. Working with specialist units, Op Furdale, to prevent VAWG.

Issued 24 July 2025

Overt patrols. Crime prevention advice and lectures at various public meetings. Leafleting around crime hot spots to create awareness.

Actioned 17 October 2025

Anti Social Behaviour/ Drugs:

Reduce ASB along with drug users and dealers on the ward
Covert patrols targeting ASB in hot spot areas such as Star Park, Avondale Court, Memorial Avenue, Twelvetrees Industrial Park, Barking Road and Clifford Road. Overt patrols to deter and prevent ASB. Diversion by means of referrals, followed by enforcement by means of ASB warnings, CPWs and CPNs.

Issued 24 July 2025

Hi Visibility Patrols along with working with Housing management companies and other local authorities to reduce this on the ward using short and long term problem solving

Actioned 17 October 2025

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 Canning Town North are saying are the issues in the area:

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