Abbey — Neighbourhood Policing Team

Local policing team in the Metropolitan Police Service area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.

All Metropolitan Police Service neighbourhoods

Contact the team

email: abbeysnt@met.police.uk
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarkingDagenhamPolice/

In an emergency always call 999. For non-emergencies call 101 or use Metropolitan Police Service's online reporting.

Recorded crime — June 2026

121 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.

Compared with May 2026 (115): ▲ 6 (5%) higher. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.

Violence and sexual offences36 · 30%
Anti-social behaviour22 · 18%
Other theft15 · 12%
Drugs12 · 10%
Shoplifting8 · 7%
Theft from the person8 · 7%
Vehicle crime6 · 5%
Public order5 · 4%

Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.

What happened to reported crimes — June 2026

89 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.

Investigation complete; no suspect identified48 · 54%
Unable to prosecute suspect27 · 30%
Awaiting court outcome13 · 15%
Local resolution1 · 1%

Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.

Current priorities

Reduce, prevent and deter offences linked to Violence Against Women and Girls

Team ware working to prevent, deter and detect offences linked to violence against women and girls, related offences through enforcement action and engagement events, continuing to work in partnership with local authority and key agencies to prevent, deter and detect offences..

Set: 2026-06-22

Robbery / Violence With Injury

Prevent, detect and deter offences linked to Robbery through Operation Sorbie , enforcement and engagement events, and through the use of Met Engage to update community on latest and best practice linked to crime prevention strategies and tactics. Pre Planned operations involving plain clothes and visible patrols will continue, and further intelligence led approach to focusing on those intent on cuasing the most harm will continue in partnership with local authority and key strategy agencies.

Set: 2026-06-22

ASB - Drug related offences, aggressive begging and street drinking. Communal Areas and blocks within Abbey Ward (Barking).

Team ware working to prevent, deter and detect offences linked anti social behaviour related offences through enforcement action and activities, engagement events and partnership joint working with local authority community enforcement teams, CCTV teams and other statutory agencies. Further referrals of individuals or groups identified are also completed and sent through to the Local Authority led Community MARAC meeting, and further joint working with, Homeless and Drug/Alcohol related outreach teams, continues. The application too of legislation around Community Protection and anti social behaviour, including the Public Space Protection Order continues too.

Set: 2026-06-22