Crime and anti-social behaviour continues to fall in Enfield as we focus on what matters the most to our communities.
Over the last 18 months changes made under the Local Policing Model have enabled Safer Neighbourhood Teams in Enfield to focus on tackling local crime and anti-social behaviour, with officers deployed to the right places at the right times to deal with the issues that matter to local people.
These changes follow the publication of the Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan in March 2013, which set out the Mayor’s vision to put more officers on the streets, drive down crime and make police more efficient by reforming the Met and boosting Safer Neighbourhood Teams.
Through the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) the plan also tasked the Met to reduce the seven key neighbourhood crimes, known as the MOPAC 7,, increase confidence and cut costs by 20% by 2016.
As a result of the Mayor’s Plan an additional 2,600 officers have been placed in neighbourhood teams across London with much greater flexibility in the way they are deployed.
In Enfield there were 61 neighbourhood officers in 2011 compared with 144 posts in the new model.
In Enfield the MOPAC 7 crimes have fallen by 1860 since 2011/12 while anti-social behaviour reports have reduced by 3281 in the last 12 months
The previous model of one sergeant, two police constables and three Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) on each ward was identical across London irrespective of the type or volume of crime and anti-social behaviour. In the new model each ward has a dedicated ward officer and PCSO. Larger Safer Neighbourhoods Teams are now moved across wards to tackle the problems local people have told us they want prioritised.
This more flexible approach has allowed us to respond to crime and anti-social behaviour more effectively. We have also altered shift patterns so that we can deploy more officers at the times and places when they are needed the most, particularly at weekends and at night time.
One significant success for Enfield Borough has been Operation Spyder which is staffed by Neighbourhood Officers. Enfield has a high volume of vehicle crime, one of the highest in London and this time last year theft from and of vehicles was significantly increased. Operation Spyder concentrates on offender management, proactive patrolling at key times and crime prevention activity. In the last 12 months we have experienced over 1132 less vehicle crime offences which is positive news for motorists in Enfield
We are making more appointments to visit victims – more than 570 a day across London, while 93% of emergency incidents attended within 15 minutes.
Edmonton is the Borough’s 24/7 police station with Enfield police station open between 10am and 6pm Monday to Friday. We have opened contact points at the following locations:
Hertford Road
Wednesday 7-8pm, Thursday 7-8pm, Saturday 2-3pm
Southgate Police Station
Wednesday 7-8pm, Thursday 7-8pm, Saturday 2-3pm
Morrisons Palmers Green
Wednesday 7-8pm, Thursday 7-8pm and Saturday 2-3pm
North Middlesex Hospital
Wednesday 7-8pm, Thursday 7-8pm and Saturday 2-3pm
Tesco, Ponders End
Friday 5-8pm.
Tesco, Island Village
Friday 5-8pm.
A Safer Neighbourhood Board has been established in Enfield to oversee the setting of local policing and crime priorities. Every ward also has a Safer Ward Panel comprising people who live or work in that borough.
We recognise that continuing work is needed to improve and retain the confidence of all our communities and we have stepped up our engagement with local residents over the last year to ensure we are listening to their concerns and acting upon them.
The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime has held road shows in all 32 boroughs to ask Londoners for their experiences of the changes to the way we deliver local policing.
The Deputy Mayor for Policing, Stephen Greenhalgh said: “We’ve visited every borough this year listening to what residents and businesses have to say about policing and safety in their neighbourhood. Crime is falling in London and so unsurprisingly, concern about crime is dropping down the list of Londoners’ priorities, but we still heard about how each borough had local issues that needed addressing, and the Met gave a commitment at each town hall meeting to go on working closely with partners to solve these problems, make the police more visible and accessible, and together make London even safer. As our changes to local policing bed in, the Mayor’s Office will continue to listen to Londoners and work with the Met to ensure that they prevent the crimes that matter most to local people and drive forward work to boost confidence and ensure justice for victims.”
Assistant Commissioner Helen King, the head of the Metropolitan Police Service’s Territorial Policing, who has attended the second tranche of road shows in 16 boroughs, said: “Since I joined the Met in June I’ve been really impressed by the work I’ve seen by hugely committed members of the Met, partners and local people that means crime continues to fall across London, vulnerable people are safer and relationships between police and Londoners are improved.
“We’re determined to make sure London is the safest global city and the local policing model means that we now have more neighbourhood officers in our communities at the times they’re needed, tackling the issues that matter most to local people. Every ward in London also has a dedicated PC and PCSO, who are not abstracted from their roles.
“We are continuing to listen to what we can do to be even more accessible and accountable to local people.”
Borough Commander Jane Johnson said: “The introduction of the Local Policing Model has been of significant benefit to Enfield with extra police officers being added to the Borough establishment. Many of the additional officers have been invested in our Neighbourhoods with over double the number of officers we previously had. I am extremely proud of the work we have been carrying out and the crime reduction we have achieved translating into many fewer victims. We continue to work hard to improve victim satisfaction and to increase the confidence of our communities in the policing service we deliver for Enfield.”
