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

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
Target multi agency operations between the Council, Partners and Police on the Craven Park Road to Craven Park Locality to stop, disrupt and arrest those taking part in acquisitive crime linked to prevalent drug dealing and street drinking. Issued 19 November 2025	We will continue to patrol the area to be as visible as possible. We will work with partners, such as the council to combat breaches of the Public Spaces Protection Order. We will work in partnership with Harlesden Town Centre Team to address the concerns of the community and ensure we focus on arresting drug dealers and users who cause a misery to local residents through their anti social behaviour and acquisitive crime. We will target repeat offenders with Criminal Behaviour Orders. We will report to our Ward panel the number of Arrests, ASB Warnings issued, Community protection warnings/notices, Dispersals, Public Space Protection order warnings and fines and Criminal Behaviour Orders successfully sought. Actioned 19 November 2025
Reduce Violence Against Woman & Girls, Violence and Anti -Social Behaviour incidents in the Harlesden Town Centre Locality Issued 19 November 2025	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 19 November 2025
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 the Jubilee Clock locality. Issued 19 November 2025	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 19 November 2025

Priority

Action taken

Target multi agency operations between the Council, Partners and Police on the Craven Park Road to Craven Park Locality to stop, disrupt and arrest those taking part in acquisitive crime linked to prevalent drug dealing and street drinking.

Issued 19 November 2025

We will continue to patrol the area to be as visible as possible. We will work with partners, such as the council to combat breaches of the Public Spaces Protection Order. We will work in partnership with Harlesden Town Centre Team to address the concerns of the community and ensure we focus on arresting drug dealers and users who cause a misery to local residents through their anti social behaviour and acquisitive crime. We will target repeat offenders with Criminal Behaviour Orders.

We will report to our Ward panel the number of Arrests, ASB Warnings issued, Community protection warnings/notices, Dispersals, Public Space Protection order warnings and fines and Criminal Behaviour Orders successfully sought.

Actioned 19 November 2025

Reduce Violence Against Woman & Girls, Violence and Anti -Social Behaviour incidents in the Harlesden Town Centre Locality

Issued 19 November 2025

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 19 November 2025

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 the Jubilee Clock locality.

Issued 19 November 2025

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 19 November 2025

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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