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Bow West — Neighbourhood Policing Team

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

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Recorded crime — June 2026

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

Compared with May 2026 (204): ▼ 41 (20%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.

  • Violence and sexual offences40 · 25%
  • Shoplifting31 · 19%
  • Anti-social behaviour25 · 15%
  • Other theft15 · 9%
  • Robbery11 · 7%
  • Burglary10 · 6%
  • Theft from the person8 · 5%
  • Public order7 · 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

153 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.

  • Investigation complete; no suspect identified73 · 48%
  • Unable to prosecute suspect51 · 33%
  • Awaiting court outcome27 · 18%
  • Local resolution1 · 1%
  • Formal action is not in the public interest1 · 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

Robberies and commercial burglaries Mile End Rd/Bow Rd.

Robberies and commercial burglaries Mile End Rd/Bow Rd. SNT officers are dedicating patrols utilising foot pulse patrols and cycle officers along Bow Rd and Mile End Rd of the Bow west Ward to provide reassurance and the commission of said offences. Static patrols outside business venues suffering from criminal activity are also conducted at times to assist in deterring crime.

Set: 2026-07-17

ASB/Speeding Vehicle Disruption Roman Rd/Morgan St.

Local taskings to areas of Roman Rd and Morgan St to provide hi-visibility reassurance and the prevention of crime. Regular patrols utilising foot and cycle officers. Joint Operations on the Roman Rd with Bow East Safer neighbourhood Team to combat excessive speed/undue care of EV cycling. Bow West are in the initial stage of organising a joint Speed Gun Operation with Safer Transport on the Roman Rd.

Set: 2026-07-17

Drug dealing/ASB Benworth St to Tredegar Square and Guerin Square.

Adopting regular patrols in the vicinity utilising foot patrols and cycle patrolling officers. Local safer neighbourhood officers upon conducting a patrol of Guerin Square happened upon an incident where a Male suspect was engaged with and ultimately arrested for burglary type offences. At the suspect's home stolen property was recovered and returned to a very delighted victim. Patrols in Tredegar Sqr have resulted in a number of individuals being processed for drug type possession offences. Local Safer Neighbourhood officers have been implementing more face-to-face opportunities by conducting further contact sessions in the vicinity. These open to the public contact sessions are generally advertised on the Met website and Met Engage and facilitated to increase reassurance, familiarity and security.

Set: 2026-07-17

Public events & surgeries

Walk and Talk

2026-07-18 · Tredegar Square London

Event listings reflect the last data refresh — check the official team page before attending.

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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.