Mortlake & Barnes Common

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Mortlake & Barnes Common 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 Mortlake&BarnesCommon@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).

Scott Brackenbury

Police Constable

El-Hassan Gamea

PCSO

Michael Hirsch

Police Sergeant

Daniel Humphrey

Police Constable

Chris Jackson

Inspector

Evripidis Ntakovanos

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
Violent Crime - Violent crime was confirmed as remaining a ward priority at the September PLG meeting. Residents expressed concerns around violent crime in specific areas of Mortlake. Priority remains unchanged. Issued 04 March 2026	Patrols of areas within the ward that residents have highlighted as areas of concern. Joint engagement with local housing partnerships and council to identify areas affected by ASB, working together to tackle issues raised by residents. Actioned 04 March 2026
Burglary - At the January PLG meeting it was agreed that burglary would remain one of the ward priorities. Residents were concerned that the winter months and longer evenings would result in an increase in burglary offences. Issued 04 March 2026	Local officer will continue to conduct patrols in burglary hotspot areas. Reassurance visits conducted by local officers to victims of burglary and cocooning carried out in immediate area of burglary offences to raise awareness and offer crime prevention advice. Actioned 04 March 2026
Motor Vehicle Crime - Local residents agreed at January PLG meeting that vehicle crime would remain a ward priority. Both theft from motor vehicle and theft of motor vehicle offences continue to be an issue within the ward. Ward priority remains unchanged. Issued 04 March 2026	Research of intelligence system to identify locations for patrols and potential offenders. High visibility patrols and promoting of crime prevention through social media and engagement with owners of vehicles at highest risk. Local officers engaging with Crime Prevention Officer and signage has been installed in areas of high activity to raise awareness with vehicle owners around vehicle security. Actioned 04 March 2026

Priority

Action taken

Violent Crime - Violent crime was confirmed as remaining a ward priority at the September PLG meeting. Residents expressed concerns around violent crime in specific areas of Mortlake. Priority remains unchanged.

Issued 04 March 2026

Patrols of areas within the ward that residents have highlighted as areas of concern. Joint engagement with local housing partnerships and council to identify areas affected by ASB, working together to tackle issues raised by residents.

Actioned 04 March 2026

Burglary - At the January PLG meeting it was agreed that burglary would remain one of the ward priorities. Residents were concerned that the winter months and longer evenings would result in an increase in burglary offences.

Issued 04 March 2026

Local officer will continue to conduct patrols in burglary hotspot areas. Reassurance visits conducted by local officers to victims of burglary and cocooning carried out in immediate area of burglary offences to raise awareness and offer crime prevention advice.

Actioned 04 March 2026

Motor Vehicle Crime - Local residents agreed at January PLG meeting that vehicle crime would remain a ward priority. Both theft from motor vehicle and theft of motor vehicle offences continue to be an issue within the ward. Ward priority remains unchanged.

Issued 04 March 2026

Research of intelligence system to identify locations for patrols and potential offenders. High visibility patrols and promoting of crime prevention through social media and engagement with owners of vehicles at highest risk. Local officers engaging with Crime Prevention Officer and signage has been installed in areas of high activity to raise awareness with vehicle owners around vehicle security.

Actioned 04 March 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 Mortlake & Barnes Common are saying are the issues in the area:

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