Markhouse
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Markhouse 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 Markhouse@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).
Gabriela Botezatu
Dedicated Ward Officer
Agnieszka Czyz
PCSO
Husein Hassan
PCSO
Adam Iles
Sergeant
Sarah Jackson
Superintendent
Paul Perversi
Inspector
Adam Richmond
Chief Inspector
Adam Wellard
Sergeant
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:
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Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), we are conducting regular patrols in the ward regarding the issue and also joining neighbouring wards to assist in this OP on HIGH STREET E17. There were number of complaints in the past by female member of public reporting of unsolicited remarks and sexual comments/harassment been passed as they go out and about and feel unsafe in public places/area. Officers will target busy areas in the ward to tackle this problem and also to engage with member of public to make awareness. Issued 06 March 2026 |
Targeted patrols took place and number of offenders were issued with ASB warnings regarding their behaviour. Officers have been engaging with female member of public and handing out flyers to make awareness on Violence Against Women and Girls and also explaining about Street Safe app where they can report any low risk non crime related incidents in their local area. Actioned 15 June 2026 |
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Theft of and from Motor Vehicles – number of reports from residents in the ward have been reporting theft from motor vehicle on the above locations and surrounding areas. We will put these locations on our default patrols, residents have been advised to contact police if they witness anything in relation to theft of or from motor vehicle. Issued 06 March 2026 |
Officers have conducted the patrols in the locations and also engaged with the local community. Officers reassured the local residents and provided crime prevention advices, Local resident were given Markhouse Ward contact details were provided to residents. Actioned 15 June 2026 |
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Young youth have been loitering in the park and causing ASB and also involved in drug activity. We will patrol this location as our hotspot for drugs and ASB, we will target the location on different times of our shifts specially at/ after home time. Issued 06 March 2026 |
Officers have been targeting this location on various different timings, officers have challenged youth at the location loitering and causing ASB and also conducted numerous stop and searches where ground existed. Number of offenders have been served with ASB warnings and advices were given not to be in the area. Officers will continue to monitor location. Actioned 15 June 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 Markhouse are saying are the issues in the area:
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