Karl Brown, chair of the Palmers Green Ward Panel (CAPE), provides advice about ways of reporting crime.
We can each have a role in protecting ourselves, our community and to help the police to do likewise. Here’s a list of things we can easily undertake.
Reporting and other helpful things to do
Reporting crime and also incidents such as crazy driving and suspected drug dealing at the end of your street
- 101 can be used to report.
- www.met.police.uk and click the Report button.
- @MetCC can take reports (NB do not use as a 999 substitute).
- (Local X feeds @MPSEnfield and @MPSPalmersGreen should not be used to report crime.)
- Report anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or www.crimestoppersuk.org.
The advice to CAPE was to simply use what you were most comfortable with (emergency aside).
What to report?
A recent OWL advice suggests thinking about:
- People (descriptions).
- Vehicles (colour, make, number plate).
- Location (road name, junctions, landmarks).
Contact your safer neighbourhoods team
Go to www.met.police.uk, pop your post code in the Find your area box and you can contact your SNT team, as well as see local crime stats.
PG SNT team can be contacted via or 020 8721 2835 (not 24hr).
What about keeping in touch and up to date?
Police feeds contain crime prevention advice, often based on what is happening or is seen as a particular risk at that moment of time. OWL is the system Enfield police use to communicate with residents regarding crime prevention ideas, what's happening, police meetings, events, arrests in your area, crimes in your area etc..
Visit www.owl.co.uk/met to sign up for email contacts. Alternatively, the OWL app is available free from app stores.
PG SNT (and other ward SNTs) produce regular newsletters. Pop them an email and ask to be added to the mailing list or look out for their posting on this PG Community website.