Operated by: Metropolitan Police Service
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Current Priorities
Issue
PINNER ROAD: Reduce violence against the person - Police receive information of violence across the ward, mainly taking place along Pinner Road and Station Road.
Action
North Harrow Safer Neighbourhoods Officers are conducting regular reassurance patrols along Pinner Road / Station Road, Blenhiem Rd, Cambridge Rd and other hotspot locations where data confirms higher crime locations. This is proven to reduce violence at hotspot locations, near pubs / tubes. Officers have been working with the Harrow council, and other police specialists to conduct live Facial Recognition Operations to assist drive down violent crime against the persons in Harrow.
Through working with Harrow police licensing teams, pubs, clubs, bars have all been visited and management advised on ensuring they abide to their Licence Conditions to help make our community safer.
Following Live Facial Recognition operations by your local officers, three persons were arrested and of interest to the Courts.
Issue
Anti social behaviour reduction especially around Pinner Road, North Harrow, Cambridge Road and West Harrow tube station.
Action
Daily reassurance patrols of area have seen some reductions in ASB. Total crime on the ward is down since April 2024.
Your local officers have targetted off licences selling alcohol to drunken persons, thus commiting offences under Licensing Act. Offending shops have been visited with Harrow Council also and designated premises owners advised, along with staff. Fast food delivery drivers have also been engaged and advised. Patrols over Halloween, Diwali Nov 5th unfortunately, saw lots of firework seizures following very dangerous use of fireworks being set off by the roadside and contary to Highways Act.
Consultation with Harrow Council re installation of PSPO signage to deter street offences.
Issue
To reduce Theft General on the North Harrow ward. In particular supermarket thefts, theft from motor vehicles and phone thefts.
Action
Your local Safer Neighbourhoods team have been conducting Community Walk, Talk and Do briefings to discuss local issues.
Briefings outside Harrow tube station and West Harrow tube station to advise people of the use of their phones when not paying attention to surroundings. The ward has seen some theft person from suspects on ebikes.
Your team recently assisted in the arrest of a suspect in Pinner and recovery of ten stolen phones.
Business watch meetings have taken place attended by your local team.
Local community events with St Albans church and local groups led to a clean up and engagement event in early December.
Street briefings in streets across the ward have been conducted with residents to discuss crime prevention tactics, target hardening of business / residential premises and residents feeding information to police via Crime stoppers on 0800555111.