Canning Town South

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 NEMailbox.SNTCanningTownSouth@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 Canning Town South 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

Robbery - There have been a number of robberies taking place in the canning town area, mainly around the vicinity of the train station this has impacted the local community who have expressed their concerns to the team. Patrols will be conducted around the ward to identify robbery hotspots, and patrols will be conducted in these areas to help reduce further incidents.

stop and searches conducted high visibility patrols Stolen property recovered Vehicles seized Signs placed around the area to warn commuters

ASB in communal stairwells

A number of reports from residents stating youths are gathering in stairwells in estates/tower blocks causing ASB and Smoking drugs.

Regular patrols Leaflet drops ASB warnings

Theft from Motor Vehicle

Theft from motor vehicles are increasing across the ward. Officers will pay attention to vehicles whilst on patrol and if any vehicles are identified as being vulnerable, i.e. valuables on display or insecure vehicle then officers will try locate the owners and offer crime prevention advice to prevent them from becoming targets.

Attending hotels and giving advice High vis patrols

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.