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Your New Met for London in Hammersmith and Fulham The Met is launching the next phase of the New Met for London plan – and we are building on a mission that is working. We are driving down neighbourhood crime like phone-snatching and shoplifting by 14%, injuries from violence is at a 5-year low and we are arresting more than 1,000 extra criminals a month. Locally here in Hammersmith and Fulham we have also seen some real achievements including: The recent arrest of a prolific burglar – the suspect was charged for 6 burglary offences, theft from a motor vehicle, going equipped to commit burglary and a number of breaches of a criminal behaviour order. Following youth disorder in Fulham, police identified 23 young people that were involved, and through multi-agency coordination with the local authority and community partners, we issued warning letters, youth community resolutions and referrals for diversionary support to all. Increased patrols in our hotspots for violent crime has led to knife related injury offences dropping by over 20% and theft from person offences falling by more than one in four this year. The New Met for London: Phase 2 strategy will see us: Put you and Londoners across the city at the heart of precise community crime-fighting, investing more in our local neighbourhood crime-fighting teams, driving performance on the frontline and making sure you can influence where we focus our efforts. Harness the power of technology and data to make a profound shift in how we police London and Hammersmith & Fulham. Across the city the Met is looking at expanding the use of facial recognition technology and becoming even more precise in targeting the small number of offenders who cause the most harm, and the places and victims that suffer most. Build new partnerships and improve existing ones – whether with the public, private or the third sector – to achieve the best possible outcomes for you. As part of this commitment to listening to you, we hosted our Community Crime-Fighting event on 10th December 2025, where you told us your main priorities were: The rise in the use of e-bikes and scooters, and the associated risks and anti-social behaviour they bring.Drug use and drug dealing across the borough.Visibility of Dedicated Ward Officers and the number of abstractions across the MPS. Thanks to your input, we are now working hard to tackle these issues by: Visibility of Dedicated Ward Officers and the number of abstractions across the MPS.We are looking to run an e-bike operation in partnership with other agencies in the areas most affected by e-bikes and anti-social behaviour every 3 months.We want to disrupt offenders that are responsible for drug dealing and associated anti-social behaviour through drug warrants and closure orders. We will also work with our partners on prevention and rehabilitation. We know that retail crime is linked to anti-social behaviour, and so we have launched Op Borgio to target the most prolific shoplifters on the borough. We will closely monitor the rate of abstraction across the BCU to ensure that wards are not disproportionately affected. The full New Met for London 2 strategy is now available for you to read online. I want to keep the conversation going - so thank you for joining us on Met Engage, which was introduced to help us do exactly that. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and warmest wishes for the New Year. Chief Inspector Steph Day | 
