East Acton

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

East Acton 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 EastActon@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).

Darren Baptista

Sergeant

Matthew Buckland

Inspector

Christopher Delargy

Police Constable

Julie Dracup

Police Constable

James Last

Sergeant

Gary Pang

Police Community Support Officer

Ryan Sharpe

Police Constable

Lawrence Weston

Police Constable

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
(VAWG) Violence and harassment offences against women and girls in parks and open space localities. Issued 14 February 2026	The East Acton team will be maintaining an increased presence in our parks and opens spaces to help prevent and deter any violence related offences towards females at peak demand times. This will include partnership working with the local authority and enhanced problem solving actions to help make the park safer for local service users. Live priority actions remain ongoing - PMP/59762 Actioned 14 February 2026
Dealing with antisocial behaviour and Drugs related offences in Trinity Way and the surrounding local environs. Issued 14 February 2026	Enhanced visible and covert patrol presence at peak offending times where able. Crime prevention advice and target hardening work in identified hot spots. Requests for tasking presence where required using wider assets on the West Area basic command unit. Live priority - PMP /15729 Actioned 14 February 2026
The team will focus on offences of theft of, and theft from motor vehicles and criminal interference. Issued 14 February 2026	The East Acton team will be patrolling areas identified according to information received and intelligence to mitigate offences being committed and delivering quality crime prevention advice through the necessary channels. Live priority PMP/94092 Actioned 14 February 2026

Priority

Action taken

(VAWG) Violence and harassment offences against women and girls in parks and open space localities.

Issued 14 February 2026

The East Acton team will be maintaining an increased presence in our parks and opens spaces to help prevent and deter any violence related offences towards females at peak demand times. This will include partnership working with the local authority and enhanced problem solving actions to help make the park safer for local service users.

Live priority actions remain ongoing - PMP/59762

Actioned 14 February 2026

Dealing with antisocial behaviour and Drugs related offences in Trinity Way and the surrounding local environs.

Issued 14 February 2026

Enhanced visible and covert patrol presence at peak offending times where able.
Crime prevention advice and target hardening work in identified hot spots.

Requests for tasking presence where required using wider assets on the West Area basic command unit.

Live priority - PMP /15729

Actioned 14 February 2026

The team will focus on offences of theft of, and theft from motor vehicles and criminal interference.

Issued 14 February 2026

The East Acton team will be patrolling areas identified according to information received and intelligence to mitigate offences being committed and delivering quality crime prevention advice through the necessary channels.

Live priority PMP/94092

Actioned 14 February 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 East Acton are saying are the issues in the area:

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