Barkingside — Neighbourhood Policing Team
Local policing team in the Metropolitan Police Service area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.
Contact the team
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Recorded crime — June 2026
93 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.
Compared with May 2026 (99): ▼ 6 (6%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.
- Violence and sexual offences38 · 41%
- Anti-social behaviour18 · 19%
- Vehicle crime10 · 11%
- Public order7 · 8%
- Drugs6 · 6%
- Theft from the person4 · 4%
- Burglary3 · 3%
- Other theft3 · 3%
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
62 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.
- Unable to prosecute suspect28 · 45%
- Investigation complete; no suspect identified23 · 37%
- Awaiting court outcome6 · 10%
- Local resolution3 · 5%
- Offender given a caution1 · 2%
- Action to be taken by another organisation1 · 2%
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
Barkingside has a main transport hub in Gants Hill, including busy night life venues. Due to the area covering a busy Underground Station and a variety of community shops, the priority includes tackling Violence Related Offences
SNT officers tirelessly patrolling Gants Hill and local vicinity to diminish and reduce ASB, VAWG, street drinking and any other offences . SNT have pre-planned joint patrols with Redbridge Enforcements officers and will be issuing EIS, ASB warnings , early intervention scheme to all offenders followed by CPW, CPN. Reassurance and targeted patrols will continue.
Set: 2026-05-20
Gants Hill Underground station serves as the main transport hub in Barkingside, that serves hundreds members of Public due to its direct link into Central London. Gants Hill Underground is also situated at a busy roundabout junction, that correspondingly attracts vagrancy, begging and general ASB at the traffic lights and subway underpasses.
Significant reduction of begging and anti social behaviour in the area and businesses have stated that there is an improvement in the area. SNT to continue proactive patrols and targeting offenders
Set: 2026-05-20
Motor vehicle crime including theft of and theft from motor vehicle
Officers are conducting regular high visibility hot spot patrols alongside providing crime prevention advice to residents. Ensuring residents are advised to obtain Faraday Bag-signal blockers. Street briefings are held at various streets including with the local Council to correlate joint initiatives to provide an efficient way of joint partnership working to decrease crime. Patrols continue in the most recent affected locations.
Set: 2026-05-20
Nearby teams in Metropolitan Police Service
All Metropolitan Police Service neighbourhood teams →Source: data.police.uk API · Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0 · Fetched 2026-07-13. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with Metropolitan Police Service.