Longbridge — 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: longbridgesntmps@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

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

Compared with May 2026 (122): ▼ 3 (2%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.

Violence and sexual offences41 · 34%
Anti-social behaviour17 · 14%
Burglary10 · 8%
Drugs9 · 8%
Vehicle crime9 · 8%
Other theft8 · 7%
Theft from the person7 · 6%
Robbery6 · 5%

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

92 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.

Investigation complete; no suspect identified46 · 50%
Unable to prosecute suspect33 · 36%
Awaiting court outcome10 · 11%
Local resolution2 · 2%
Offender given penalty notice1 · 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

Longbridge Ward: Priority 1: Anti Social Behaviour - Drug Related

Longbridge Ward: Priority 1: Anti Social Behaviour - Drug Related Action taken: To conduct visible patrols, and target individuals intent on committing offences linked to anti-social behaviour and Drug related in key areas identified. On identifying offenders to work with LBBD local authority around implementation of other tactics including Community Protection disposals and for those most persistent applying for Criminal Behaviour Orders, or issuing Community Protection Warning/Notices to disperse. Other powers to be considered. Work continues jointly with Criminal Exploitation teams and within Schools and vulnerable adults at risk of Cuckooing too, working with Local Authority to safeguard and divert anyone coming to notice for offences

Set: 2026-06-25

Priority 2: Violence Against Women and Girls - to prevent, deter, detect and reduce incidents of note in Barking park.

Action taken: Working in partnership with local authority and community to reduce, prevent, detect and deter incidents and impact of VAWG on women and girls in Barking park. Team will be conducting a range of deployments and activities, including engagements and events to reduce and prevent incidents linked to VAWG. An intelligence led and problem solving approach to those committing offences will see continued partnership and joint working with local authority and key agencies, and third sector to design out and target high harm offenders including use of technology linked to Live Facial Recognition pre planned operations . A mixture of enforcement and engagement work will continue, seeing further referrals into Community MARAC multi agency pathway, and to utilize other tactics linked to Community Protection and Criminal Behaviour Orders as and where able.

Set: 2026-06-25

Priority 3: Team working to reduce, deter, prevent and detect incidents of robbery within Longbridge Ward on the periphery of Mayesbrook park.

Action taken: To utilize a range of engagement and enforcement tactics including partnership working and proactivity in managing and targeting those offenders known or intent on committing offences. To utilize community protection toolkit in duality where proportionate and reasonable to do so with offenders. To continue to work with design out crime officer and utilizing funding streams to improve and enhance patrols and visibility in key hot spots of note. To work in partnership in problem solving incidents of robbery in Longbridge ward.

Set: 2026-06-25

Priority 1: Anti Social Behaviour - Drug Related

Action taken: To conduct visible patrols, and target individuals intent on committing offences linked to anti-social behaviour and Drug related in key areas identified. On identifying offenders to work with LBBD local authority around implementation of other tactics including Community Protection disposals and for those most persistent applying for Criminal Behaviour Orders, or issuing Community Protection Warning/Notices to disperse. Other powers to be considered. Work continues jointly with Criminal Exploitation teams and within Schools and vulnerable adults at risk of Cuckooing too, working with Local Authority to safeguard and divert anyone coming to notice for offences

Set: 2026-03-17

Priority 3: Team working to reduce, deter, prevent and detect incidents of robbery within Longbridge Ward on the periphery of Mayesbrook park.

Set: 2026-03-17

Priority 2: Violence Against Women and Girls - to prevent, deter, detect and reduce incidents of note in Barking park.

Working in partnership with local authority and community to reduce, prevent, detect and deter incidents and impact of VAWG on women and girls in Barking park. Team will be conducting a range of deployments and activities, including engagements and events to reduce and prevent incidents linked to VAWG. An intelligence led and problem solving approach to those committing offences will see continued partnership and joint working with local authority and key agencies, and third sector to design out and target high harm offenders including use of technology linked to Live Facial Recognition pre planned operations . A mixture of enforcement and engagement work will continue, seeing further referrals into Community MARAC multi agency pathway, and to utilize other tactics linked to Community Protection and Criminal Behaviour Orders as and where able.

Set: 2026-03-17