Barnehurst
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Barnehurst 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 Barnehurst@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).

Donna Allan
PCSO

Cuneyt Arif
Police Constable

Thomas Bishop
Police Constable

Gareth Evans
Inspector

Rachael Jarman
Neighbourhood Inspector

Glen Turner
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 |
|---|---|
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Violent crime/drugs concerns. Issued 05 November 2025 |
Action taken: Actioned 30 November 2025 |
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ASB with emphasis to Colyers Lane, Hurstwood Avenue, Birling Road and locality. Issued 05 November 2025 |
Our team to increase patrols with a variety of high visibility and plain clothes to increase enforcement and engagement. This will result in a variety of outcomes from arrests to CPNW and other methods escalating to CBO’s if required. Engagement with residents where local residents are identified as being anti social working with partners to deal. Actioned 20 October 2025 |
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Motor vehicle crime with emphasis to ABC roads and Colyers Lane Issued 05 November 2025 |
Action taken: Actioned 30 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 Barnehurst are saying are the issues in the area:
Latest Alerts
Social Media Posts. (school Wars)
Due to ongoing updates around the new Social media trend of school Wars, Bexley NPT has put a Sec35 ...
Social Media Posts.
Bexley Police response to Social Media posts relating to "Bexley Wars" “We’re aware of social media ...
Changes to front counters in Bexley
Dear Residents, I am writing to inform you that from Tuesday 3 March 2026, the front counter at ...
Recent burglaries
In recent days there have been three burglaries on the ward that have occurred in the early hours. T...
Theft of Vehicle
Dear Residents, There was the theft of an Hyundai Ioniqu recently on Barnehurst Ward. Please see ...
Bexley SNT – Successful Execution of Two Section 8 PACE Warrants – Erith Industrial Estate
On Thursday 12 February 2026, officers from Bexley Safer Neighbourhoods Team executed two Section 8 ...
Community Safety Partnership
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Upcoming Events
Community Meeting
- Barnehurst Golf Club, Mayplace Road East, DA7 6JU
- 05/03/2026 15:00
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Community Meeting
- Barnehurst Golf Club, Mayplace Road East, DA7 6JU
- 16/04/2026 11:00
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