• Keep safe and secure this Christmas

  By LiseS at 12:32 on 15/12/11

  

  With the flurry of last-minute shopping as the days to Christmas tick down, and festive events and parties filling our calendars, Transport for London and the Metropolitcan Police have issued advice to help shoppers and revellers alike stay safe and avoid crime this December. Busy tubes and buses can be home to opportunist thefts, and police note a spike in pickpocketing and handbag theft around this time of year. TfL advise...

• Police appeal for information about Archway attack

  By LiseS at 21:23 on 18/10/11

  

  Police have released CCTV footage of a man they wish to speak to in connection with an attack in Archway last month. A 24-year old woman was attacked in her doorway on September 17 this year as she returned home around 4.30am. Her attacker hit her several times on the back of the head with a brick, running off when the victim's screams alerted her family. The man is described as being a light-skinned black man with a high forehead,...

• What are your priorities for policing in London?

  By LiseS at 15:26 on 07/09/11

  

  The Metropolitan Police Service is asking Londoners what they feel police priorities should be for the next year. The online survey gives everyone living and working in the capital an opportunity to let the Met know about the issues that are most important to them. Crime in Highgate has historically been fairly low compared to other areas of London, but the area is not completely crime-free. Musician DJ Ironik was stabbed near his home...

• Highgate Magistrates' Court closed after brawl

  By LiseS at 14:21 on 03/09/11

  

  Highgate Magistrates' Courtwas closed on Thursday and Friday following extraordinary scenes in which a group of youths chased two teenaged boys into the court building and attacked them with weapons. Two youths aged 14 and 15 were taken to hospital - one with a head injury and the other for injury to the torso area - and later arrested in connection with the affray, which began on the street outside the court at around 11.45am on...

• Safer Neighbourhoods Teams under discussion

  By LiseS at 12:15 on 15/06/11

  

  A review of Safer Neighbourhoods Teams (SNTs) in the Metropolitan police area has recommended a reduction in the number of dedicated constables and community support officers working full time in local wards. The proposals are due to be debated at the Metropolitan Police Authority tomorrow. Launched in 2006, Safer Neighbourhoods provides a network of local teams across London to address crime at a neighbourhood level. The teams...

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