West Barnes
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West Barnes 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 WestBarnes@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).
Michael Han
Police Constable
Peter Harold
Police Constable
Tom Herridge
PCSO
Jeff New
Sergeant
Nicholas Swan
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:
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The ward has had a small incidence of burglary offences . Offences have typically been at night and on occasion have targeted motor vehicle keys. Issued 10 June 2026 |
The team will conduct reassurance visits to the victims and carry out all local enquiries exploring any cctv opportunities and give crime prevention advice. The team will actively assist in the arrest of any identified individual. Crime alerts and crime prevention is advice will be given at drop in surgeries via social media and via neighbourhood watch channels Actioned 14 October 2026 |
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The ward continues to see an increase of theft from motor vehicles typically around the retail hub of shannons corner where belongings left in cars are targeted. The ward also experiences a low number of vehicle thefts typically where keyless vehicles are stolen by thieves who bypass the security systems. Issued 10 June 2026 |
The team will continue to patrol the retail hub car parks and residential roads to attempt to curb offending. All reported crimes are thoroughly investigated by the team who would conduct local enquiries and explore any CCTV opportunities. Crime alerts and prevention are distributed to local residents and neighbourhood watch coordinators via social media and attendance at local community events and drop in surgeries. Any identified individuals for the thefts will be prosecuted Actioned 14 October 2026 |
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There have been some complaints from residents and business premises around alcohol/drug misuse and general asb by youths at Joseph Hood recreation ground Issued 10 June 2026 |
The team will look to increase their patrols of the area to both reassure local residents whilst identifying and engaging with any problem groups. Actioned 14 October 2026 |
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Tesco's Beverly Way has been become a venue for illegal car meets on varying Saturday evenings over the preceding six months with some of the attending motorists causing ASB by driving in anti social manner both at the location and to residents living in the vicinity. Issued 10 June 2026 |
The team will continue to patrol the area to disrupt the car meets and deal with any ASB and motoring offences by those attending these events whilst working in partnership with the Tesco's management who are introducing a range of measures at the location to design out this issue. Actioned 14 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 West Barnes are saying are the issues in the area:
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