Friern Barnet

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.

Friern Barnet 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 FriernBarnet@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).

Andrew De Haan

Sergeant

John Kamara

PCSO

Nkemdirim Ofo

Inspector

Juan Sanchez

Police Constable

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
Vehicle Crime Increase of Vehicle Crime throughout London namely Theft of & Theft From Motor Vehicle. Issued 06 October 2025	Friern Barnet SNT will be increasing our patrols around residential area's targeting hotspot areas and working in partnership with our Wards to increase awareness and live time reporting. We have spoken to our communities, completing door knocks and providing crime prevention advice, enabling your officers to get reliable and up to date intelligence and information about issues affecting those within the community. Actioned 28 January 2026
Burglary Steady decrease in local Burglaries. Issued 06 October 2025	Your local Friern Barnet SNT have continued their efforts to tackle Residential and Business Burglaries and have aimed to raise awareness of potential risks and crime prevention advice. We have increased our patrols and partnership events along side our local ward panel members and our trusted local partners & the Council. Actioned 28 January 2026
Theft Shoplifting Minor increase of Theft Shoplifting Issued 06 October 2025	Due to the minor increase of Theft Shoplifting Friern Barnet SNT will continue to work in partnership with our local shops / stores and conduct regular operations to apprehend offenders and bring them to justice. Actioned 28 January 2026

Priority

Action taken

Vehicle Crime
Increase of Vehicle Crime throughout London namely Theft of & Theft From Motor Vehicle.

Issued 06 October 2025

Friern Barnet SNT will be increasing our patrols around residential area's targeting hotspot areas and working in partnership with our Wards to increase awareness and live time reporting.

We have spoken to our communities, completing door knocks and providing crime prevention advice, enabling your officers to get reliable and up to date intelligence and information about issues affecting those within the community.

Actioned 28 January 2026

Burglary
Steady decrease in local Burglaries.

Issued 06 October 2025

Your local Friern Barnet SNT have continued their efforts to tackle Residential and Business Burglaries and have aimed to raise awareness of potential risks and crime prevention advice.

We have increased our patrols and partnership events along side our local ward panel members and our trusted local partners & the Council.

Actioned 28 January 2026

Theft Shoplifting
Minor increase of Theft Shoplifting

Issued 06 October 2025

Due to the minor increase of Theft Shoplifting Friern Barnet SNT will continue to work in partnership with our local shops / stores and conduct regular operations to apprehend offenders and bring them to justice.

Actioned 28 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 Friern Barnet are saying are the issues in the area:

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