Tower Hamlets Crime Watch

Tower Hamlets Police

20 wards in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The 20 wards in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Visit this web page on the Met Police website by clicking here you may also connect to individual wards by going to our SNT web page

On each SNT team’s web page, you can

  • Chat live to a police officer in real time by clicking the live chat button at the bottom right hand corner of each screen of the Met Police website. You will not find this on Met Engage.
  • press the contact us button and get the following menu after you click start
The SNT contact us menu
We recommend asking for a community contact session because you can request to be contacted at a time that suits you. Officers may phone, mail you to arrange a personal appointment if needed. We recommend you use this as the safest option to get in touch with local officers.

Case-updates

To receive or provide updates to your case, please contact our Crime Management Service by either visiting Contact us or dial 101 and select option 3 or call 0207 484 6700 to speak with our Victim Focus Desk, which is staffed 08:00-20:00 weekdays and 08:00-16:00 weekends.

for case up-dates choose the first option.

Safer Neighbourhood events

  • see meetings and events, here we use Mile End as sample
Meetings and events from Met Police Tower Hamlets Mile End team
Here you see any planned community engagement event from your local team. Any ward panel meetings should be announced here. If not you can use the contact an officer directly function in the contact us panel above.

Be aware not all teams have an equal amount of events, some do very few and some do a lot. We publish Police team newsletters, as they become public, on our Safer Neighbourhoods Page and Ward Panel meetings on our events calendar.

Safety advice

Being in touch with local police via the Met Police website is more secure than using third party sites.

Any contact with Tower Hamlets Police via their website will result in a confirmation reference number being given with a downloadable version of your contact session. Do not download it to a shared computer.

Bethnal Green Police station
Bethnal Green Police station in Victoria Park Square. Find a police station

Commander’s Spot Light

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Police and Crime Plan 2025 – 2029

Overview

Launched on Friday, 28. March 2025, after extensive consultation. The PCP aims to revitalise Neighbourhood Policing teams over the next four years. This is alongside the government’s Neighbourhood Policing guarantee for 13,000 more neighbourhood and community support officers across the country.

Key Aims
  • Reducing violence and criminal exploitation
  • Building safer, more confident communities
  • Supporting and overseeing reform of the MPS; and
  • Improving the criminal justice system and supporting victims

    • A Safer London for EveryoneDownload

    Building Safer London plan

    A Safer London for Everyone

    The Met Police’s New Met for London Plan, wants to

    • strengthen trust

    • raise standards

    • reduce crime

    Crime and Policing Bill 2025

    Fact sheets

    For Tower Hamlets Safer Neighbourhood Board documents please see here:

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