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Crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB), particularly drug dealing, are key concerns for Tollington residents. Islington Council and the Metropolitan Police are working together to tackle these issues and improve safety. While the police lead on drug enforcement, the Council supports through services like the Anti-Social Behaviour Service, Community Safety Team, and CCTV network. We also engage with residents and businesses, providing advice and support while addressing environmental improvements. Our ongoing efforts include increased police presence, enforcement actions, outreach patrols, and support for vulnerable individuals. We have created this page to update you on our actions.

Aim

Our aim is to ensure that the residents and visitors of Tollington feel safe regardless of their personal identity, the time of day, or how busy it is.

We know that how safe someone feels can be influenced by many factors – including age, gender expression, race, ethnicity, visible religious affiliation, and expression of sexuality, as well as how dark it is and how many people are outside.

We want residents to feel confident in reporting incidents and in the response they receive. We want you to tell us how you feel and what you would like to see change. We want to know how communities think we should be improving safety and community confidence, how we can better involve and engage communities in our work and how best we can communicate the work we do with you.

Get involved

  • Join us at an event to discuss crime and ASB in your area. See the Key Dates section on the right side of this page
  • Tell us about an issue in your area using our interactive map
  • Submit ideas for how your area could be improved to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour on our Ideas page
  • Complete our survey to have your say

What are we doing to tackle crime and ASB?

We are continuing to work hard to reduce crime and ASB in Tollington and in the last two months we have seen a 31% reduction in reported antisocial behaviour in the area. However, we appreciate there is more for us to do and thank you for your patience during this time. .

We have:

Increased Patrols: Both plain clothes and high visibility patrols by the Safer Neighbourhood Team and specialist police units. Police have conducted operations leading to arrests of shoplifters and drug-related crime suspects.


Parkguard Support: Parkguard officers have been working with the police team, conducting proactive patrols based on reports from residents.


CCTV Deployment: Utilised a 24/7 CCTV network and installed temporary cameras, with more planned for Bennett Court, as well as looking into other security design measures.


Environmental Improvements: Coordinated efforts to improve specific hotspots to deter crime. Tollington councillors have committed funding to redesign Evershot Road Gardens with a focus on security. More news will follow in the new year. We held a drop-in session for Blenheim Court residents to discuss security improvements.


Executed Warrants: Worked with police to execute warrants and place closure orders on problematic addresses, reducing crime and anti-social behaviour. Since this time, ASB and crime has reduced in the area. Police also assisted with an eviction at an address on Axminster Road linked to drugs and ASB.


Community Engagement: We have been holding weekly Community Safety drop-in sessions at the Access Hub at Manor Gardens every Wednesday between 3 – 5pm (9 Manor Gardens, London N7 6LA). We will review this in the new year.


Providing Support: Engaged with vulnerable residents through joint shifts with outreach, drug, alcohol, and health services teams. There are 11 joint shifts per week between the outreach teams, with more individual shifts occurring each day. Find out more about support for homeless people during severe weather by scanning the QR code above.


New Intervention Hub: Secured funding for a hub to support the Street Population. More information to follow in the new year.


Fly Tipping: Compliance and Community Safety have identified hotspots and issued fines.


Be updated

What can you do?

Report crime and antisocial behaviour

Islington Police and Islington Council take every report of crime and antisocial behaviour seriously. Every report has an impact and allows us to direct resources to areas of high harm.

Drug dealing and drug taking should always be reported to the police as it is a crime and they must investigate. Do not report these issues to the council Anti-Social Behaviour reporting page or on this web page as it will not be investigated.

Report crime

  • All crime should be reported to the police. This includes drug dealing, drug taking, theft, abandoned vehicles, aggressive begging and crime taking place within a property
  • Report an emergency by phoning 999. An emergency is classified as an immediate risk to life, or likely risk to life
  • Report non-urgent crimes by phoning 101 or report online
  • You can also contact the safer Neighbourhood team to discuss reported drug related crimes via email: Tollington.snt@met.police.uk

Report anti-social behaviour

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) covers a wide range of unacceptable activity that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to an individual from another household or to the community, or harm to the environment
  • Report antisocial behaviour to Islington Council using the online form. If you do not have access to the internet, you can call 020 7527 7272

Raise concerns about someone sleeping rough

If you are concerned about the wellbeing of someone who is sleeping rough on the streets, call StreetLink on 0300 500 0914 or visit the StreetLink website. This sends an alert to the local outreach team who will visit the location to make contact with the person.

Raise concerns about someone who is unwell

  • If you think someone is unwell, phone 999 and ask for an ambulance. This includes if someone has passed out or is heavily under the influence of drugs or alcohol

Crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB), particularly drug dealing, are key concerns for Tollington residents. Islington Council and the Metropolitan Police are working together to tackle these issues and improve safety. While the police lead on drug enforcement, the Council supports through services like the Anti-Social Behaviour Service, Community Safety Team, and CCTV network. We also engage with residents and businesses, providing advice and support while addressing environmental improvements. Our ongoing efforts include increased police presence, enforcement actions, outreach patrols, and support for vulnerable individuals. We have created this page to update you on our actions.

Aim

Our aim is to ensure that the residents and visitors of Tollington feel safe regardless of their personal identity, the time of day, or how busy it is.

We know that how safe someone feels can be influenced by many factors – including age, gender expression, race, ethnicity, visible religious affiliation, and expression of sexuality, as well as how dark it is and how many people are outside.

We want residents to feel confident in reporting incidents and in the response they receive. We want you to tell us how you feel and what you would like to see change. We want to know how communities think we should be improving safety and community confidence, how we can better involve and engage communities in our work and how best we can communicate the work we do with you.

Get involved

  • Join us at an event to discuss crime and ASB in your area. See the Key Dates section on the right side of this page
  • Tell us about an issue in your area using our interactive map
  • Submit ideas for how your area could be improved to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour on our Ideas page
  • Complete our survey to have your say

What are we doing to tackle crime and ASB?

We are continuing to work hard to reduce crime and ASB in Tollington and in the last two months we have seen a 31% reduction in reported antisocial behaviour in the area. However, we appreciate there is more for us to do and thank you for your patience during this time. .

We have:

Increased Patrols: Both plain clothes and high visibility patrols by the Safer Neighbourhood Team and specialist police units. Police have conducted operations leading to arrests of shoplifters and drug-related crime suspects.


Parkguard Support: Parkguard officers have been working with the police team, conducting proactive patrols based on reports from residents.


CCTV Deployment: Utilised a 24/7 CCTV network and installed temporary cameras, with more planned for Bennett Court, as well as looking into other security design measures.


Environmental Improvements: Coordinated efforts to improve specific hotspots to deter crime. Tollington councillors have committed funding to redesign Evershot Road Gardens with a focus on security. More news will follow in the new year. We held a drop-in session for Blenheim Court residents to discuss security improvements.


Executed Warrants: Worked with police to execute warrants and place closure orders on problematic addresses, reducing crime and anti-social behaviour. Since this time, ASB and crime has reduced in the area. Police also assisted with an eviction at an address on Axminster Road linked to drugs and ASB.


Community Engagement: We have been holding weekly Community Safety drop-in sessions at the Access Hub at Manor Gardens every Wednesday between 3 – 5pm (9 Manor Gardens, London N7 6LA). We will review this in the new year.


Providing Support: Engaged with vulnerable residents through joint shifts with outreach, drug, alcohol, and health services teams. There are 11 joint shifts per week between the outreach teams, with more individual shifts occurring each day. Find out more about support for homeless people during severe weather by scanning the QR code above.


New Intervention Hub: Secured funding for a hub to support the Street Population. More information to follow in the new year.


Fly Tipping: Compliance and Community Safety have identified hotspots and issued fines.


Be updated

What can you do?

Report crime and antisocial behaviour

Islington Police and Islington Council take every report of crime and antisocial behaviour seriously. Every report has an impact and allows us to direct resources to areas of high harm.

Drug dealing and drug taking should always be reported to the police as it is a crime and they must investigate. Do not report these issues to the council Anti-Social Behaviour reporting page or on this web page as it will not be investigated.

Report crime

  • All crime should be reported to the police. This includes drug dealing, drug taking, theft, abandoned vehicles, aggressive begging and crime taking place within a property
  • Report an emergency by phoning 999. An emergency is classified as an immediate risk to life, or likely risk to life
  • Report non-urgent crimes by phoning 101 or report online
  • You can also contact the safer Neighbourhood team to discuss reported drug related crimes via email: Tollington.snt@met.police.uk

Report anti-social behaviour

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) covers a wide range of unacceptable activity that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to an individual from another household or to the community, or harm to the environment
  • Report antisocial behaviour to Islington Council using the online form. If you do not have access to the internet, you can call 020 7527 7272

Raise concerns about someone sleeping rough

If you are concerned about the wellbeing of someone who is sleeping rough on the streets, call StreetLink on 0300 500 0914 or visit the StreetLink website. This sends an alert to the local outreach team who will visit the location to make contact with the person.

Raise concerns about someone who is unwell

  • If you think someone is unwell, phone 999 and ask for an ambulance. This includes if someone has passed out or is heavily under the influence of drugs or alcohol

This project has now been concluded

  • Create a Safer Tollington

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    Create a Safer Tollington | 15th March 2025 | 10-2pm | Brickworks Community Centre

    You're Invited: Create a Safer Tollington

    Join with neighbours, community groups, councillors, council officers and local police team to produce a community response to drug dealing and safety in Tollington ward. Tell us what you think needs to change so that our community feels safe.

    Date & Time: 15th March, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Location: Brickworks Community Centre, 42 Crouch Hill, Finsbury Park, N4 4YB

    Sign up for free here.

    Why Attend?

    We want Islington to be a place where everyone feels safe—regardless of identity, time of day, or surroundings.

    What to Expect

    • Share your concerns about safety.
    • Learn about current approaches from the police, council, and local organisations.
    • Collaborate on ways to improve community safety together.

    We Need You!

    Your voice matters. Tell us how you feel, what needs to change, and how we can better engage with and support our communities.

    Tickets are free – book now via Eventbrite. Please share this with colleagues, neighbours, and community groups.

    We look forward to seeing you there.

    Best regards,

    Cllr Angelo Weekes Cllr Flora Williamson Cllr Anjna, and Cllr Mick Gilgunn


  • Safer Spaces Tollington survey

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    Survey results

    Thank you to everyone who took part in our survey. We want to share some feedback with you.

    In December 2024, we sent a newsletter to 3,500 residents in Tollington and all survey participants on the Safer Spaces Tollington web page. We asked for your thoughts on the web page, how safe you feel in Tollington, and how we can improve. Here’s some of the feedback we received.

    We also picked a winner from the participants. We’ll contact them to give a £50 voucher as a thank you for sharing their views.

    We know we have much work ahead to improve safety in Tollington. We never take our response to crime and antisocial behaviour for granted.

    We acknowledge that we still have a lot of work to do in Tollington to improve safety in Tollington and we are never ever complacent in our response to crime and antisocial behaviour in the borough.

    Findings

    In total we had six respondents all of whom live in the ward.

    Do you find Tollington Safer Spaces Page informative?

    • Yes very informative: 1
    • Somewhat informative: 3
    • Undecided: 2

    Do you find the map useful?

    • Yes useful: 4
    • Undecided: 2

    Do you find the ideas board useful?

    • Yes useful: 1
    • Undecided: 3

    How would you improve the page?

    “The map needs to communicate more clearly that you want multiple reports. I’ve spoken to neighbours who have said it’s already been reported which means issues will be under reported”

    “It’s totally confusing. I already have an account for my bills with Islington council - it seems like I can’t use those details to log in here so have had to create a brand-new account. Confused as to why.”

    Will you continue to use the Tollington Safer Spaces Page?

    • Very likely: 2
    • Somewhat likely: 2
    • Undecided: 1
    • Somewhat unlikely: 1

    How safe do you feel in Tollington?

    • Generally Safe: 2
    • Neither safe of unsafe: 1
    • Generally Unsafe: 2
    • Very unsafe: 1

    Why do you feel this way?

    “The smell of drugs everywhere lack of police patrol hear about more knife crimes”

    “So many people on drugs causing issues still and shooting up in my front garden. We need more police patrols out”

    “There’s constant drug dealing, drug taking, drug asb … street crime like muggings, phone snatching, shoplifting The amount of murders in N4 N7 N19 last 2 years is scary”

    “I can manage the risks to my safety”

    “Drug use is out of control. Other anti social behaviour on the rise. The police presence is abysmal despite what you say. In the email you said anti social behaviour reports have dropped 31% in the last two months. I would argue this is largely due to the cold weather more than anything”

    “Lot of drug use/dealing/homeless”

    What would make you feel safer in Tollington?

    “Lighter/more street lighting. Deal with knife crimes by stronger sentences”

    “More patrols and police presence”

    “More police action. Our street has been reporting the same issues for years. Not much has changed tbh More police patrols, greater police presence … more funding for extra police & longer shifts. Crime doesn’t stop at 5pm The recent blitz & focus on issues locally is great but historically this occurs then the police presence disappears. So there’s never any real reduction as it just returns 3-4 weeks after. So a long term plan is needed The police ward thing from a geographical point of view is worthless as the dealers, drug users & criminals operate in Tollington & Finsbury Park The focus needs to joined up thinking The people at Finsbury Park tube are also seen operating in the Tollington Ward”

    “More visible police presence”

    “It is VITAL to give us more police presence on the streets. Police need to respond quicker when reports are lodged. Different police wards need to work closer together. It’s a joke that just by walking into a different ward, a criminal can’t be accosted because police aren’t cleared to work in that area”

    “Faster response from council for clearing up rubbish and dogs mess. If the place looks run down it invites more crime”

    Please rate your agreement with the following statement “I have observed a reduction in antisocial behaviour and crime in Tollington in the last two months”

    • Somewhat Agree: 2
    • Undecided: 1
    • Somewhat disagree: 2
    • Strongly disagree: 1

    Has the page made you feel more confident about your safety in Tollington?

    • Yes Definitely: 1
    • Maybe yes: 1
    • I am undecided: 3
    • No: 1

    What we’re doing next

    The Safer Spaces Tollington project is a pilot. We hope to use similar projects in other areas to improve how we listen to and communicate with our communities.

    We will use your feedback to improve our next project. Our goal is to make this platform as useful as possible.

    We will continue to use the information you shared. This will help us target locations you identified and concerns you raised. An update will be posted next week to outline actions we are taking to address these issues.

    We will hold an in-person event to listen and join with neighbours, community groups, councillors, council officers, and the local police team. Together, we will create a community response to improve safety in Tollington ward. Details for this event are here.

    After this event, we will send out a newsletter to update residents on community safety in Tollington and share next steps.


  • Successful police action by Finsbury Park Safer Neighbourhood Team

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    On the 12th of December, Finsbury Park SNT completed a successful warrant which saw the seizure of 102K Pregabalin tablets, Cocaine & Cannabis. In addition to this, several Rolex Watches believed to be stolen were removed from the address.

    The success of this warrant comes as a result of the great Intelligence we’re getting from our community. It is believed that this address was a hub fuelling criminal activity in Finsbury Park.

    Inspector Ross Hickman has encouraged the community to continue reporting in the confidence that their neighbourhood team will proactively deal with those set on committing crime in Finsbury Park.


    Drug dealing and drug taking should always be reported to the police as it is a crime and they must investigate. Do not report these issues to the council Anti-Social Behaviour reporting page or on this web page as it will not be investigated.

    Report crime

    • All crime should be reported to the police. This includes drug dealing, drug taking, theft, abandoned vehicles, aggressive begging and crime taking place within a property
    • Report an emergency by phoning 999. An emergency is classified as an immediate risk to life, or likely risk to life
    • Report non-urgent crimes by phoning 101 or report online
    • You can also contact the safer Neighbourhood team to discuss reported drug related crimes via email: Tollington.snt@met.police.uk

    Report anti-social behaviour

    • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) covers a wide range of unacceptable activity that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to an individual from another household or to the community, or harm to the environment
    • Report antisocial behaviour to Islington Council using the online form. If you do not have access to the internet, you can call 020 7527 7272

  • Supporting rough sleepers

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    Over the holiday period the council’s commissioned service St Mungo’s will be providing Outreach support to people sleeping rough in Islington, offering them support around their accommodation and other needs.

    Although rough sleeping has increased across the UK, Islington remains one of the lowest boroughs for people sleeping rough in central London, this is due to the dedication of the teams working together and the council’s ambition in supporting people away from rough sleeping.

    As we head into the colder months, we will be providing emergency winter shelter when temperature drops below zero Celsius. When severe weather is forecast, Our outreach teams increase their shifts to offer support to those rough sleeping on the street. We will continue to offer support to prevent people from returning to the streets.

    If you are concerned about someone who is sleeping rough on the streets, call StreetLink on 0300 500 0914 or visit the StreetLink website

    You can also contact Islington Council out of hours Housing Team on 0207527-2000.

    Report and emergency by phoning 999. An emergency is classified as an immediate risk to life, or likely risk to life.

    On Christmas Day, there will be a community dinner hosted by Streets Kitchen. A day full of joy, companionship, and good food for all those experiencing homelessness in the borough.

    This will take place at Islington Assembly Hall between 12:30pm – 5pm. There will be karaoke, bingo and more!