Cranford

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.

Cranford 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 Cranford@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).

Nikki Elvin

Sergeant

Satinder Grewal

PCSO

Robert Grey

Inspector

Louise Matson

Police Sergeant

Daniel Robinson

Police Constable

Dariusz Zajac

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
Violence related priorities - ASB in subway on Windsor Road, Avenue Park and surrounding areas. People drink alcohol and use drugs. Issued 20 July 2025	• Provide hi visibility and plain clothes patrols. • Joined operation with internal and external partners to reduce it. • Conduct street briefing about VAWG and gave out hand out in regards to how to stay safe Actioned 20 July 2025
Anti-Social Behavior Street drinking - Tackling ASB issues related to street drinking around High Street Issued 20 July 2025	• Targeting areas where street drinking is a constant problem. • Working with local council enforcements agencies to patrol affected areas for street drinking. Issue regular street drinkers ASB notices. • Carrying out regular patrols in drug related crime hotspots – sometimes they are the same as street drinking hotspots. Actioned 20 October 2025
VAWG (Violence Against Women & Girls) related priority -"VAWG refers to acts of violence that are disproportionately or exclusively experienced by women and girls, including but not limited to domestic abuse, sexual violence, stalking, harassment, honour-based abuse, and coercive control." Issued 20 July 2025	• Regular and joint patrols with local neighborhood groups to be more visible. • Conducting plain close operation in the area. • Increase patrols in the area • Identify and prosecute offenders • Work in partnership with internal and external agencies/ departments Actioned 20 October 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence related priorities - ASB in subway on Windsor Road, Avenue Park and surrounding areas. People drink alcohol and use drugs.

Issued 20 July 2025

• Provide hi visibility and plain clothes patrols.
• Joined operation with internal and external partners to reduce it.
• Conduct street briefing about VAWG and gave out hand out in regards to how to stay safe

Actioned 20 July 2025

Anti-Social Behavior Street drinking - Tackling ASB issues related to street drinking around High Street

Issued 20 July 2025

• Targeting areas where street drinking is a constant problem.
• Working with local council enforcements agencies to patrol affected areas for street drinking. Issue regular street drinkers ASB notices.
• Carrying out regular patrols in drug related crime hotspots – sometimes they are the same as street drinking hotspots.

Actioned 20 October 2025

VAWG (Violence Against Women & Girls) related priority -"VAWG refers to acts of violence that are disproportionately or exclusively experienced by women and girls, including but not limited to domestic abuse, sexual violence, stalking, harassment, honour-based abuse, and coercive control."

Issued 20 July 2025

• Regular and joint patrols with local neighborhood groups to be more visible.
• Conducting plain close operation in the area.
• Increase patrols in the area
• Identify and prosecute offenders
• Work in partnership with internal and external agencies/ departments

Actioned 20 October 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 Cranford are saying are the issues in the area:

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