Safer Communities Engagement Days

Following commitments from the Mayor's manifesto in dealing with crime and anti-social behaviour, the Community Safety Team, Police Safer Neighbourhood Teams and community safety partners will continue to work together to deliver a new programme of safer communities engagement days in 2022 and 2023.

Neighbourhood walkabout (Bacon St) -5 The council's safer communities mobile unit will be available with safer communities officers on board, as well as police officers and Tower Hamlets Enforcement Officers (THEOs). There will be opportunities for residents to speak to their local Safer Neighbourhood Operations team, report any issues and seek advice, followed by a walkabout around the local area.

Walkabouts are a means of providing a high profile and visible way of engaging with residents to address concerns of crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) in their neighbourhood. They have been introduced in response to rising levels of ASB and the increasing levels of concern raised by residents, giving them the opportunity to:

speak directly to senior officers in the police, council and partner agencies about their local concerns and emerging issues about crime and ASB
for the police, council and community safety partners to demonstrate ‘on the ground’ partnership working and to build confidence in the police and council in dealing with local crime and ASB issues affecting residents
to hold partners to account and produce robust, ward-specific plans that all partners agree to respond to
to engage and inform residents of the action taken from each walkabout, report concerns and ultimately reduce the fear of crime
to raise awareness of police ward panel meetings and encourage residents to get involved and help directly shape policing ward priorities
to promote the message that tackling crime and ASB is a partnership priority commitment, working with residents to create a healthier and safer community.

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Action taken

The action taken will be fed back to residents and the local Safer Neighbourhood Ward Panel will hold authorities accountable for the delivery of the actions.

Safer communities engagement days

Date	Time	Ward	Meeting point	Surgery or walkabout
18-May-23 - note new date	9am - 12pm	Mile End	Copperfield Road	Safety Surgery (Bus)
18-May-23 - note new date	5pm to 7pm	Mile End	Copperfield Road	Safety Walkabout
01-Jun-23	9am - 12pm	Bethnal Green East	Market Square, Roman Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 0RN	Safety Surgery (Bus)
01-Jun-23	5pm - 7pm	Bethnal Green East	Meath Gardens	Safety Walkabout
15-Jun-23	9am - 12pm	Bromley South	Hawgood Street – Furze Green	Safety Surgery (Bus)
15-Jun-23	5pm - 7pm	Bromley South	Hawgood Street – Furze Green	Safety Walkabout
06-Jul-23	9am - 12pm	Shadwell	Cornwall Street outside Shadwell Overground station	Safety Surgery (Bus)
06-Jul-23	5pm - 7pm	Shadwell	Location TBC	Safety Walkabout
20-Jul-23	9am - 12pm	Blackwall and Cubitt Town	Marshfield Street, E14 junc with Manchester Road	Safety Surgery (Bus)
20-Jul-23	5pm - 7pm	Blackwall and Cubitt Town	Location TBC	Safety Walkabout
10-Aug-23	9am - 12pm	St Dunstan’s	White Horse Rd – Close to Whitehorse Open Space/ Stepney Burial Ground and Elsa Street	Safety Surgery (Bus)
10-Aug-23	5pm - 7pm	St Dunstan’s	White Horse Rd – Close to Whitehorse Open Space/ Stepney Burial Ground and Elsa Street	Safety Walkabout
17-Aug-23	9am - 12pm	Lansbury	Hay Currie Street	Safety Surgery (Bus)
17-Aug-23	5pm - 7pm	Lansbury	Location TBC	Safety Walkabout
07-Sep-23	9am - 12pm	Bow East	Wrexham Road (Dead end) Close to Grove Hall Park	Safety Surgery (Bus)
07-Sep-23	5pm - 7pm	Bow East	Wrexham Road (Dead end) Close to Grove Hall Park	Safety Walkabout
14-Sep-23	9am - 12pm	Island Gardens	Stebondale Street, E14 junc with Manchester Road	Safety Surgery (Bus)
14-Sep-23	5pm - 7pm	Island Gardens	Location TBC	Safety Walkabout

Useful information

The Council, police and partners would encourage the public to keep reporting these issues using the range of services available to them below:

Call 999: in an emergency, if there is a crime occurring or there is a threat to life
Call 101: for Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) , including drug dealing. If drug dealing is happening outside of a school or playground, call 999
Report Crime, ASB and drug dealing online to the Police (for drug dealing select ‘Report antisocial behaviour’ link)
Report ASB online to the council
Call Crime Stoppers to report any crime anonymously on 0800 555 111
Contact your Police Safer Neighbourhood Team
Register on OWL (Online Watch Link). This portal is used by the Metropolitan Police Service in partnership with local Neighbourhood Watch coordinators to communicate with residents and businesses across the Borough. OWL provides watch members with the latest messages and local crime alerts sent by email, telephone, SMS or fax. Register for this scheme.