Barnehurst — 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
57 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.
Compared with May 2026 (40): ▲ 17 (43%) higher. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.
- Violence and sexual offences17 · 30%
- Anti-social behaviour14 · 25%
- Vehicle crime8 · 14%
- Public order5 · 9%
- Other theft4 · 7%
- Drugs3 · 5%
- Robbery3 · 5%
- Burglary2 · 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
41 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.
- Investigation complete; no suspect identified21 · 51%
- Unable to prosecute suspect17 · 41%
- Action to be taken by another organisation2 · 5%
- Awaiting court outcome1 · 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
Violent crime/drugs concerns. Been informed by local members of the community and officers own work around suspicion and concerns of ASB and alleged drug dealing. This is to include the locality around Barnehurst train station including local shops and residential block of flats.
Action taken: Our team to increase patrols with a mixture of high visibility and plain clothes and where required enforcement and engagement. Identifying groups, individuals and vehicles of interest and co-ordinate a response of educating and enforcement through direct stops and searches where evidence exists and deal with appropriately through methods such as arrests, CPNW, partnership referrals. Build and increase the intelligence picture by our own knowledge supported by the information of local residents and police systems such as crime mapping . This will enable us to focus the teams efforts.
Set: 2026-06-05
ASB with emphasis to Colyers Lane, Hurstwood Avenue, Birling Road and locality.
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.
Set: 2026-06-05
Motor vehicle crime with emphasis to ABC roads and Colyers Lane
Action taken: Our team to increase patrols with a variety of high visibility and plain clothes to increase enforcement when required. Educating residents where required to target harden localities and thereby reduce opportunities of crime occurring. Through our own work and engaging with the public to build on the intelligence picture which will enable the team to focus and concentrate our efforts.
Set: 2026-06-05
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.