Leytonstone

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

Leytonstone 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 Leytonstone@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).

Claire Cruddas

Police Constable

Paul Donohoe

Sergeant

Sarah Jackson

Superintendent

Yousaf Javed

PCSO

Andrzej Kamieniecki

PCSO

David Pinkney

Police Constable

Adam Richmond

Chief Inspector

Robert Skingle

Inspector

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
S - Address the rising concern of violence towards women and girls. (VAWG) O - To reduce an increase in reports of violence against women and girls. A - To work with local partners and the community to identify vulnerable hot spots. R - This is a MET priority and is a realistic ward priority. Issued 02 October 2026	Reassurance walks with trained officers to identify vulnerable hotspots and then to work with our partners on the local authority and designing out crime team to create a safer environment. Actioned 02 January 2027
S - ASB including drug use and street drinking in the Leytonstone underground and Church Lane areas. O - To target both drug users and suppliers and to target ASB A - Work with partners and use the legal framework provided to address the issues. R - ASB in this hotspot is a community concern and a realistic priority. Issued 02 October 2026	Target dugs use and street drinking by implementing CPN and civil injections in conjunction with substantive offences by increased focused patrols to improve public safety and confidence. Actioned 02 January 2027
S - Reports of shoplifting O - to target offenders A - To work with partners to identify and prosecute offenders R - This is a community concerns and a priority Issued 02 October 2026	Working with partners to address the rise in offences and to try when possible to divert offenders but to actively target repeat offenders to seek prosecutions. Actioned 01 February 2027
WARD PRIORITY THREE: Tackle vehicle crime reduction Crime prevention engagement, high visibility, intel-led patrols in hot spot areas. Issued 02 October 2026	Ward officers to distribute crime prevention advice in and around hot spot areas identified. PCSOs to conduct reassurance visits and gather intel. Policing team to conduct traffic operations to combat. Actioned 02 January 2027

Priority

Action taken

S - Address the rising concern of violence towards women and girls. (VAWG)
O - To reduce an increase in reports of violence against women and girls.
A - To work with local partners and the community to identify vulnerable hot spots.
R - This is a MET priority and is a realistic ward priority.

Issued 02 October 2026

Reassurance walks with trained officers to identify vulnerable hotspots and then to work with our partners on the local authority and designing out crime team to create a safer environment.

Actioned 02 January 2027

S - ASB including drug use and street drinking in the Leytonstone underground and Church Lane areas.
O - To target both drug users and suppliers and to target ASB
A - Work with partners and use the legal framework provided to address the issues.
R - ASB in this hotspot is a community concern and a realistic priority.

Issued 02 October 2026

Target dugs use and street drinking by implementing CPN and civil injections in conjunction with substantive offences by increased focused patrols to improve public safety and confidence.

Actioned 02 January 2027

S - Reports of shoplifting
O - to target offenders
A - To work with partners to identify and prosecute offenders
R - This is a community concerns and a priority

Issued 02 October 2026

Working with partners to address the rise in offences and to try when possible to divert offenders but to actively target repeat offenders to seek prosecutions.

Actioned 01 February 2027

WARD PRIORITY THREE:

Tackle vehicle crime reduction
Crime prevention engagement, high visibility, intel-led patrols in hot spot areas.

Issued 02 October 2026

Ward officers to distribute crime prevention advice in and around hot spot areas identified.

PCSOs to conduct reassurance visits and gather intel.

Policing team to conduct traffic operations to combat.

Actioned 02 January 2027

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 Leytonstone are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey