High Street — 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
187 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.
Compared with May 2026 (206): ▼ 19 (9%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.
- Violence and sexual offences51 · 27%
- Anti-social behaviour31 · 17%
- Other theft23 · 12%
- Shoplifting19 · 10%
- Theft from the person13 · 7%
- Public order10 · 5%
- Bicycle theft8 · 4%
- Drugs8 · 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 identified81 · 53%
- Unable to prosecute suspect47 · 31%
- Awaiting court outcome22 · 14%
- Offender given a caution2 · 1%
- 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
Violence against women and girls - VAWG
There is planned VAWG event on 02/12/2025, officers will be raising awareness through a stand in 17 and Central shopping mall. There is also a new Town Centre Team consisting of 12 officers who will be conducting patrols to detect and deter VAWG in the High Street and Town Sq.
Set: 2026-01-14
Robbery
Officers have been starting early hours of the morning to tackle phone snatch theft/robbery issue, officers to continue to monitor the hotspot areas and deploy new tactics to combat this issue. There has been a decrease in Robbery in the area over the past 3 months.
Set: 2026-01-14
Safeguarding/ASB
SAFEGARUDING and ASB continues to be a problem on High Street, Since September there has been an increase in ASB outside food establishments mainly Popeyes, Officers liaised with Town Centre Team to increase patrols in the area. Officers to issue ASB warnings, CPW’s and CPN, identify any criminal offences.
Set: 2026-01-14
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.