On Friday 17th May, Residents’ Association (UCRA) councillors, Linda Hawthorn, Chris Wilkins and John Tyler were in the audience for a community meeting in St. Laurence church hall, called by the MP for Hornchurch & Upminster, Julia Lopez. Also speaking were Keith Prince, London Assembly Member for

On Tuesday 14th May, Residents’ Association (UCRA) councillors attended a meeting in Romford Town Hall with the outgoing Metropolitan Police Tri-Borough Commander for Havering, Jason Gwillim and his successor, Stephen Clayman. Detective Chief Superintendent Clayman is not new to the borough, having previously worked here a decade

The Residents’ Association have been campaigning to retain the Police Safer Neighbourhood Office in Upminster since plans were announced in September 2017 to close it (see original report) and over the last few months have made a number of representations to the Borough Commander, insisting that the

Councillor Gillian Ford recently joined a Havering council officer and the Police for a drugs sweep in Upminster, as part of a bigger focus in reducing crime and anti-social behaviour. Starting at Upminster Station, the team walked along Station Road, towards Bell corner with a sniffer dog.

The Havering Safer Neighbourhood Annual Conference takes place on Thursday 26th April (6.30pm) and residents are encouraged to attend. The event takes place in the Hornchurch Library, North Street, RM11 1TB and includes the following topics: Crime Prevention – help bring communities together to prevent crime Setting

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By Sgt Ian Bargus We are very much aware of recent events regarding youths causing antisocial behaviour within the Upminster High Street area as well as the Clayfield Close area, some of these youths are now known to police and we are engaging accordingly to cease this

The Police have set up dedicated web pages for the Upminster and Cranham areas respectively. Each web pages contains: Crimes reported in the area on a monthly basis A breakdown of crimes reported Mapped hotspots Crime Prevention advice A simple ‘Report it’ function Scheduled meetings Feedback function

The Police have issued a Section 35 Dispersal Order for next 48 hours in the Upminster/Cranham/Hornchurch area. The Dispersal Order provides the police with powers to dispense individuals in order to remove or reduce the likelihood of members of the public becoming “harassed, alarmed or distressed” or “the

A meeting was held this afternoon (16/3/18) attended by the Julia Lopez MP, Cllr Ron Ower, Cllr Linda Van den Hende along with a Police Inspector, sergeant, constables, PCSOs and Cllr Jason Frost. Also in attendance were seven residents who had written to the MP requesting a meeting to