Barnehurst
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Barnehurst 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 Barnehurst@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).

Donna Allan
PCSO

Cuneyt Arif
Police Constable

Thomas Bishop
Police Constable

Rachael Jarman
Inspector

Glen Turner
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 |
|---|---|
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Violent crime/drugs concerns. Issued 20 October 2025 |
Action taken: Actioned 20 October 2025 |
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ASB with emphasis to Colyers Lane, Hurstwood Avenue, Birling Road and locality. Issued 20 October 2025 |
Our team to increase patrols with a variety of high visibility and plain clothes to increase enforcement and engagement. This will result in a variety of outcomes from arrests to CPNW and other methods escalating to CBO’s if required. Engagement with residents where local residents are identified as being anti social working with partners to deal. Actioned 20 October 2025 |
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Motor vehicle crime with emphasis to ABC roads and Colyers Lane Issued 20 October 2025 |
Action taken: Actioned 20 October 2025 |
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ASB using vehicles and issues raised around residential streets of ASB. Concerns raised by local residents relating to speeding vehicles in and around Colyers Lane, Hurstwood Avenue and locality. Concerns raised about ASB around Cumbrian Avenue and the behaviour of some residents. Issued 19 June 2025 |
Patrols to be done in and around these localities and where required engagement with residents who are causing ASB working in partnership with other agencies where required. To undertake speed operation around enforcement and education. Actioned 19 June 2025 |
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Violence related priority. Issued 19 June 2025 |
Mobile patrols and foot patrols in and around locations identified. Plain clothes patrols to be carried out as well as high visibility patrols and to action any intel that is obtained. Actioned 19 June 2025 |
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Motor Vehicle Crime. This involves theft of motor vehicles and theft from motor vehicles and any vehicle interference focusing around Colyers Lane, Birling Road, Hurstwood Avenue and Parkside Avenue. Issued 19 June 2025 |
Patrols to be done in vehicles and on foot. High visibility patrols and also plain clothes and action any local intel. Raise local awareness with residents around crime prevention. Actioned 19 June 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 Barnehurst are saying are the issues in the area:
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