High Barnet

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High 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 HighBarnet@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).

Richard Celeste (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, SNT/ HIGH BARNET)

Richard Celeste

PCSO

Alex Goodley (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Barnet SNT)

Alex Goodley

Inspector

Saba Ikram (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, High Barnet)

Saba Ikram

PCSO

Michael Kinder (Metropolitan Police, Dedicated Ward Officer, High Barnet and Barnet Vale )

Michael Kinder

Dedicated Ward Officer

Richard Maggott (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, High Barnet)

Richard Maggott

Police Constable

Glenn Parker (Barnet - NW, Sergeant, High Barnet & Barnet Vale )

Glenn Parker

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:

Priority Action taken

P.2 - Retail Theft - PMP/91802/24

Issued 01 April 2026

The team took part in a month long operation in January resulting in 48 people being arrested for shoplifting offences.

Actioned 01 April 2026

P.1 - ASB & Drugs - PMP/91841/24

Issued 01 April 2026

Tackling ongoing ASB and DRUG issues with the High Barnet Ward. Overt and Covert Patrols regularly conducted to reduce this issue.

Actioned 01 April 2026

P.3 - Vehicle Crime - PMP/17865/25

Issued 01 April 2026

Utilise plain clothed patrols to target those using vehicles to commit crime across the ward. Using local information & intelligence to develop proactive operations targeting offenders.

Actioned 01 April 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 High Barnet are saying are the issues in the area:

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Tried to get away - Failed.

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