Longlands

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Longlands 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 Longlands@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).

Nicky Coppin

PCSO

Gareth Evans

Inspector

Alexander Francis

Police Constable

Finn Haughey

PCSO

Robert Holmes

Police Constable

Rachael Jarman

Neighbourhood Inspector

Christopher Walsh

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
Reduce Anti-social behaviour (ASB) impacting the ward. Issued 09 July 2026	High visibility patrols in recreational areas and parks to tackle ASB. Plain clothes patrols in open spaces. Cycle patrols in impacted areas to reduce ASB. Educational talks within school premises Engagement with impacted businesses to address ongoing issues. Met Engage posts providing crime prevention advice. Any persons identified to be causing ASB will be given appropriate warnings, including Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABC), Community Protection Notice Warning (CPNW) and community Protection notices. (CPN). Actioned 01 October 2026
Reduce motor vehicle offences - This is in relation to all motor vehicle offences including theft of and theft from motor vehicles and moving traffic offences (including speeding, driving with no insurance and driving not in accordance with a driving licence). Issued 09 July 2026	High visibility intelligence led patrols Plain clothes Patrols in impacted areas. High visibility road operations utilising police systems to confirm vehicle ownership and the presence of insurance and appropriate licenses. Speed Gun Operations to reduce speeding. High harm and persistent offenders will be targeted via pro-active patrols and intelligence led operations to reduce offending. Actioned 01 October 2026
Reduce violence against a person offences Issued 09 July 2026	High visibility intelligence led patrols in impacted areas. Plain clothes patrols Reassurance visits to victims of crime Crime Prevention Stalls Met Engage posts providing crime prevention advice Arrest enquiries for high harm offenders to reduce offending. Actioned 01 October 2026

Priority

Action taken

Reduce Anti-social behaviour (ASB) impacting the ward.

Issued 09 July 2026

High visibility patrols in recreational areas and parks to tackle ASB.
Plain clothes patrols in open spaces.
Cycle patrols in impacted areas to reduce ASB.
Educational talks within school premises
Engagement with impacted businesses to address ongoing issues.
Met Engage posts providing crime prevention advice.
Any persons identified to be causing ASB will be given appropriate warnings, including Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABC), Community Protection Notice Warning (CPNW) and community Protection notices. (CPN).

Actioned 01 October 2026

Reduce motor vehicle offences - This is in relation to all motor vehicle offences including theft of and theft from motor vehicles and moving traffic offences (including speeding, driving with no insurance and driving not in accordance with a driving licence).

Issued 09 July 2026

High visibility intelligence led patrols
Plain clothes Patrols in impacted areas.
High visibility road operations utilising police systems to confirm vehicle ownership and the presence of insurance and appropriate licenses.
Speed Gun Operations to reduce speeding.
High harm and persistent offenders will be targeted via pro-active patrols and intelligence led operations to reduce offending.

Actioned 01 October 2026

Reduce violence against a person offences

Issued 09 July 2026

High visibility intelligence led patrols in impacted areas.
Plain clothes patrols
Reassurance visits to victims of crime
Crime Prevention Stalls
Met Engage posts providing crime prevention advice
Arrest enquiries for high harm offenders to reduce offending.

Actioned 01 October 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 Longlands are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey

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