Royal Albert
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Royal Albert 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 RoyalAlbert@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).
Shane Appleton
Police Constable
Paulius Blizniukas
Police Constable
Adnan Egal
Police Constable
Darren Farr
Inspector
Nathaniel Lamptey
Police Constable
Rob Mckinley
PCSO
Damon Moore
Sergeant
Imran Saeed
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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Robberies. E-cycle enabled phones thefts and violence threatened/used phone thefts Issued 22 January 2026 |
High Visibility Patrols and intelligence led operations Actioned 23 January 2026 |
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Motor vehicle crime Issued 22 January 2026 |
Theft of high value vehicles and work vans being broken into to steal tools accounts for the majority of reported crime on the ward. The hotspot locations for these are hotel car parks. Actioned 23 January 2026 |
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Drugs and ASB Issued 22 January 2026 |
Intelligence led patrols to target this issue. Actioned 23 January 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 Royal Albert are saying are the issues in the area:
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Upcoming Events
Coffee With Copper @ Well Bean - Café
- Well Bean Co - Café, , E16 2GU
- 28/03/2026 11:00
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Community Engagement Meet & Greet @ Art in the Docks, E16
- Art in the Docks, , E16 2XJ
- 04/04/2026 10:30
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Royal Albert Ward Panel Meeting @ St John's Community Centre
- Royal Docks Learning & Activity Centre, , E16 2JB
- 21/04/2026 18:30
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