Harlesden & Kensal Green
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Harlesden and Kensal Green is a vibrant area with a rich and diverse community, who support their local police to combat the issues that affect their way of life. The Community Policing Team work together with Harlesden Town Centre Team to address the issues within the town centre area.
Harlesden & Kensal Green 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 Harlesden&KensalGreen@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).
Adil Arshed
Dedicated Ward Officer
Pallavi Gupta
Police Constable
Sujalkumar Jayswal
PCSO
Georgia Kopp
Police Constable
Imdadur Rahman
Police Constable
Mohammed Raja
Sergeant
David Sarney
Sergeant
Martin Wells
PCSO
Naomi Wilder
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 |
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Target multi agency operations between the Council, Partners and Police on the Craven Park Road and Manor Park Road Locality to stop, disrupt and arrest those taking part in acquisitive crime linked to prevalent drug dealing and street drinking. Issued 23 April 2026 |
At the Latest Ward panel Meeting the actions against our ward Priorities were discussed against the latest data and Crime maps for Harlesden and Kensal Green. It was decided that more work was required on all of the current Ward priorities. There are a series of operations planned for the locality over the next Month. These operations will utilise the skill sets of officers from across the NW BCU as well as colleagues from the territorial Support group Actioned 23 April 2026 |
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Direct patrols to reduce Violence against Women and Girls and Anti Social Behaviour Incidents on routes through the Jubilee Clock Section of Harlesden Town Centre. Issued 23 April 2026 |
We will use data to direct patrols at key times in order that we are visible where our community want us to be. We will work with partners, such as the council to combat breaches of the Public Spaces Protection Order to reduce street drunkenness which can often drive this behaviour. We will work in partnership with Harlesden Town Centre Team to conduct policing operations and utilise specialist equipment such as live facial recognition cameras during specific operations which allow us to intercept managed offenders. Actioned 23 April 2026 |
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Town Centre Robbery – We will direct patrols to reduce the number of Robberies and knife enabled Robberies taking place in the Harlesden Town Centre, specifically Tavistock Square and Harlesden High Street. Issued 23 April 2026 |
We will conduct targeted overt/covert operations to combat the locations where Robbery has been prevalent. We will target repeat offenders with Community protection warnings/notices and Criminal behaviour orders. Where suitable we will work with our partners and charities in the area to divert and rehabilitate people. We will work with the council and local businesses to target harden the locality and make it harder for criminals to escape justice. Actioned 23 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 Harlesden & Kensal Green are saying are the issues in the area:
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