Operated by: Metropolitan Police Service
https://www.met.police.uk/area/your-area/met/Westminster/Pimlico-NorthContact Details
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Current Priorities
Issue
Drug dealing and drug use identified in hot spots across Pimlico North Ward.
Local ward officers will focus on tackling drug supply, sale and distribution within the area. They will also concentrate on increasing reporting levels.
Action
- Educate and encourage residents and businesses to report crime via official channels of 999, 101 or online.
- ‘How to report’ leaflets distributed to community members.
- To identify any properties engaging in drug activity with applications for partial and full closures where appropriate.
- To identify perpetrators and disrupt drug operations to make it more difficult to trade in the area.
- Targeted foot patrols developed from intelligence increasing the feeling of safety for local community members.
- Joint partnership working with the council, outreach, charities and other policing units, increasing resources in the immediate area.
Issue
Anti-social Behaviour including prolific begging, urinating and defecating in public and drug related activity predominantly attributed to the street population.
Various hotspots identified across the ward along streets and within residential blocks.
Local ward officers will focus on early intervention, support services for addiction, impact on local community, identifying perpetrators, reducing ASB, and increase reporting levels.
Action
- Educate what constitutes as ASB and when and how to report it.
- Advertisement of Community Impact Surveys that can assist with positive police action.
- Project Adder referrals to support drug and alcohol substance misuse.
- Encourage engagement with outreach services.
- Issuing Community Protection Warnings/Notices to perpetrators.
- Community Behaviour Order applications to prolific offenders of ASB.
- Targeted foot patrols developed from intelligence increasing the feeling of safety for local community members.
Issue
There is an increase in reported robberies within the locality. These are predominantly phone snatches via those using bicycles and e-bikes which are also reported to frequently disregard traffic signals/signage and regularly use pavements.
Action
- Joint working with Safer Transport Team to issue fixed penalty notices for highway code violations.
- Crime prevention to keep phone and data secure.
- Increase community engagement to assist with intelligence.
- Increased foot patrols in hot spot locations.
- Collaboration with Westminster Council, NHS, Schools and community groups regarding crime prevention and early intervention.