The Cranham Ward police team have advised us that they have made an arrest for a recent spate of graffiti around the shops in Avon Road, Cranham and nearby Brunswick Avenue. Cranham Ward councillors are grateful for their actions, as we rarely suffer this sort of criminal

Our Police Safer Neighbourhood Team for Upminster Ward have issued the following advice with regard to keyless car thefts – Does my car have keyless entry? A keyless entry car is one that can be opened by simply walking towards the car and the fob will emit

The Metropolitan Police have launched ‘Walk and Talk’, where women can email the Police and the message will get passed to a local female officer to make contact and arrange to meet up, so you can tell them about your experiences and concerns. To contact them e-mail

Upminster Police Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have asked us to remind residents that if they want to contact the SNT specifically, they should use the email upminster.SNT@met.police.uk . Our SNT work a variety of shifts and are not available 24/7. The Upminster team consists of Sgt Sehmby,

The Police Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) in Emerson Park have issued the following advice, which we thought would be useful for Upminster and Cranham residents as well. ‘Hello residents. This month I will be focusing on how to light up your home. As the days get shorter

Our local police Safer Neighbourhood Teams have urged residents to ‘Light up Havering’ and reduce crime. If you’re out all day, then it’s advisable to use timer switches to automatically turn lights and a radio on when it gets dark. Consider fitting door and window alarms. These

The national Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, has previously proclaimed that “Communities defeat terrorism”. As part of the drive for everyday people to be the eyes and ears of this and become ‘CT Citizens’, counter terrorism training is now available to

The Herbert Protocol is a national scheme introduced by police forces across the country, that encourages carers, family and friends of people living with dementia, to put together useful information on a form, that will assist the police if that person goes missing. Further information and a

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

The Cranham and Upminster Police Safer Neighbourhood Team official Twitter pages are now available via our website. These accounts are updated regularly and give a useful idea of what our local officers have been doing. See the ‘Upminster Police‘ and ‘Cranham Police‘ links on the right hand