Garden Suburb

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.

Garden Suburb 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 GardenSuburb@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).

John Chuter

PCSO

Valeriya Hardy

Police Constable

Nkemdirim Ofo

Inspector

Edward Stokes

Sergeant

Amber Watts

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
Robbery and theft snatch. This is a consistent area of concern to the community, and disproportionately affects young people. Issued 27 October 2025	SNT have conducted targeted patrols at key transport hubs which are the hotspots for this offending. SNT have also arranged for youth engagement work to encourage property marking. Actioned 27 January 2026
Garden Suburb was impacted by a number of high profile burglaries in recent months. There has been a significant decrease in the last quarter, however this remains an area of concern amongst the local community. Issued 27 October 2025	SNT have been conducting enhanced crime prevention visits in streets impacted by burglary. Crime prevention stalls and visits have taken place at a number of community events. SNT have also linked with street security to obtain valuable intelligence. Actioned 27 January 2026
Thefts from motor vehicles have been a consistent issue on the ward. They have been occurring all over the ward, primarily arterial routes. This will be tackled through targeted patrols, street briefings, social media engagement. Issued 27 October 2025	work ongoing. Actioned 27 January 2026

Priority

Action taken

Robbery and theft snatch.
This is a consistent area of concern to the community, and disproportionately affects young people.

Issued 27 October 2025

SNT have conducted targeted patrols at key transport hubs which are the hotspots for this offending. SNT have also arranged for youth engagement work to encourage property marking.

Actioned 27 January 2026

Garden Suburb was impacted by a number of high profile burglaries in recent months. There has been a significant decrease in the last quarter, however this remains an area of concern amongst the local community.

Issued 27 October 2025

SNT have been conducting enhanced crime prevention visits in streets impacted by burglary. Crime prevention stalls and visits have taken place at a number of community events. SNT have also linked with street security to obtain valuable intelligence.

Actioned 27 January 2026

Thefts from motor vehicles have been a consistent issue on the ward. They have been occurring all over the ward, primarily arterial routes. This will be tackled through targeted patrols, street briefings, social media engagement.

Issued 27 October 2025

work ongoing.

Actioned 27 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 Garden Suburb are saying are the issues in the area:

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