Crime and Community Safety
This section provides details of the services and organisations that can help you keep safe both inside and outside your home. It includes information on crime prevention and personal alarms. You can also get help and support if you have been a victim of crime yourself.
Please note: This page contains external links which are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links.
Police stations
You can call any police station in Haringey by dialling: Tel: 020 8341 1212
Or you can email haringeyborough@met.police.uk
Local police stations
- Hornsey, 98 Tottenham Lane, London N8 7EJ
- Tottenham, 398 High Road, London N17 9JA
- Muswell Hill, 115 Fortis Green, London N2 9HW
- Wood Green, 347 High Road, London N22 8HZ
- St Ann’s Road, 289 St Ann’s Road, London N15 5RD
Police Community Safety Unit
Tel: 020 8345 1944
Crime prevention
Metropolitan Police Haringey Crime Prevention Office
Tel: 020 8345 2164
Email: haringeyborough@met.police.uk
The Crime Prevention Office helps people who are vulnerable to crime by offering advice and providing equipment for home and personal safety. They also do safety talks and presentations when requested.
The crime prevention officers are also available on:
- Tuesday 11.30am – 2pm at Wood Green
- Thursday 11.30am – 2pm at Seven Sisters
Haringey Council Community Safety Team
Tel: 020 8489 6957
Email: safercommunities@haringey.gov.uk
The Community Safety Team's priorities are:
- Young people – prevention and support
- Serious crime – violence, acquisitive crime and domestic violence
- Anti-social behaviour – a focus on children and families, housing and the public realm
- Drugs and alcohol – prevention and effective treatment
- Reducing re-offending – adults and young people
- Increasing confidence across the Criminal Justice System
More about Protecting Your Home and Valuables.
See also the Financial Scams section of the Your Money page, which has information about how to handle doorstep callers.
Metropolitan Care and Repair (external link)
Tel 020 8829 8310
This service helps vulnerable people by doing minor repairs to their homes, gardening, adapting some areas of disabled or older people’s homes, and advice and support to keep you safe from crime.
Age Concern Anti-Burglary Project
Tel: 020 8885 8354
Email: allan.williams@acharingey.org.uk
Anti-Social Behaviour
The Council can help you if you are experiencing harassment or discrimination due to race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, sexuality or other factors, or are experiencing anti-social behaviour of any kind.
Noise nuisance
Contact the Noise Control team
Emergency helpline: 020 8348 3148
Monday – Friday 4.45pm – 8.45am and all weekend
- See also Protecting Your Home and Valuables.
Victim support
Victim Support Haringey (external link)
24–26 Commerce Road
London N22 8ED
Tel: 020 8888 9878
Victim Support Haringey can give information about a personal alarm system for people over 60 who live in the Seven Sisters, Heartlands, West Green and Northumberland Park areas.
If you prefer, you can contact Victim Support's national telephone supportline - Victim Supportline (external link) on 0845 30 30 900 - Monday – Friday: 10am – 4pm.
|back to topImmediate telephone response services/home alarms
Safe and sound community alarms provide alarms to vulnerable people and offer help to those who may need assistance at very short notice. Following assessment, an alarm will be installed in your home so that you can summon any help which is necessary, including the emergency service and relatives. The alarm is attached to your telephone and is activated by a pendant which you wear. The service is available to clients 24 hours a day.
Aid-call from Age Concern (external link)
Freephone 0800 77 22 66
Monday – Friday: 9am – 5.30pm
Help is at hand 24 hours a day. If you have any kind of accident or feel ill, at any time of day or night, you simply press your emergency button. Aid-call is available immediately, with no waiting list and no means testing. There is a flexible charging policy with a range of payment options.
Seniorlink from Help the Aged (external link)
Tel: 01709 389 388
Seniorlink is a telephone response alarm, available to buy or rent. Help the Aged may be able to supply you with one if you are on a low income.
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Update MePage Last Updated: 8 September 2008
This page belongs to the following categories :
- Policing and public safety > Crime and law enforcement
- Policing and public safety > Victim support
- Community and living > Community safety
