Detective Chief Superintendent Stephen Clayman, the East Area Police BCU Commander, has sent a letter to local police Safer Neighbourhood Board and Independent Advisory Group chairs, detailing measures that the police will be taking to reduce violent crime across Havering, Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham. The full

Local Cranham Residents’ Association councillors have been liaising with the police following a shooting at an address in Kerry Drive, Cranham on Friday night (01 May 2020). Councillors Gillian Ford and John Tyler visited the scene on Saturday afternoon and have offered our assistance in any community

Many people are not aware that you can call the police using the 999 system, even if you are not able to speak to them for reasons such as a domestic abuse situation. However, this will only work if you dial 55 at the correct time, to

We have received the following message from our local police Area Commander, DCS Stephen Clayman –  We recognise that COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is of great concern to everyone throughout the country at the moment, but I just wanted to reassure you that locally the Met is, and will

The information below has been sent to us by the Met Police Cyber Crime Unit. There was a 400% increase in coronavirus related scams in March, with victim losses totalling almost £970,000. Please be aware that we are seeing unverified reports of fraudsters going door to door

Havering Council have been informed by the police that there have been instances of bogus callers knocking on the doors of elderly residents in Havering, saying they are from the NHS or their GP surgery and offering tests for coronavirus. NHS workers are not doing such visits

The City of London Police have issued an alert regarding scams now being undertaken by fraudsters, that play on peoples fears of the Coronavirus outbreak. Fraudsters purporting to be from research organisation’s affiliated with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organisation

Cranham Police have published their meeting dates for the next few months, when anyone can come and talk to a local officer. March 4th St Lukes Church, Front Lane 1200 to 1300 hrs 10th Corbets Tey police office 1700 to 1800 hrs 18th St Lukes Church, Front

Sadly a ‘Courier Fraud’ scam has recently been reported in the Upminster area.  The scam involved someone phoning individuals claiming to be from a utility company. In one case reported, the scammers claimed that they were working for National Grid and informed the resident that there was

The Upminster and Cranham Police Safer Neighbourhood Teams have produced a newsletter, covering the two wards. It is intended that similar newsletters will be released in due course. To view the January 2020 newsletter, click this link.