The Safer Neighbourhood Board (SNB) is an independently-run organisation, made up of community members living in the borough and professionals who either live and or work in the borough.
The primary purpose of the Safer Neighbourhood Board is to give residents of crime a greater voice in setting police priorities and supporting crime prevention projects in the community.
Key responsibilities
- Monitoring crime performance
- Ensure the voices of local victims are incorporated into policing priorities
- Review the trends and types of complaints from Hillingdon's victims of crime and the generic policing complaints from the community
- Ensuring good practice in stop and search and monitor its effectiveness in reducing crime
- Ensure council wards have a panel of residents to engage with the local police teams to tackle local crime issues
- Support Neighbourhood Watch
- Work with community groups to deliver crime prevention services in places such as youth clubs, locally led social clubs, schools, and community centres etc, by accepting MOPAC funding applications and monitoring their progress
SNB members
The role of a board member is to attend meetings quarterly and, along with other members, scrutinise policing data and other crime management information systems.
At least 1 meeting is held in public, so that members of the community can communicate their concerns around crime to the board and the board can develop strategies to feed back into the policing priorities.
- Hoda Lacey - Chair
- Jean Hillman - Vice Chair
- Peter Smallwood - Councillor, Hillingdon Council
- Colleen Sullivan - Councillor, Hillingdon Council
- Dave Ludlow - Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch
- Kevin Mepham - Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch
- Chris Head - Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch
- Mike Crane - BID Manager
- Jeremy Stern - Lay Member
- Chris Tarr - Lay Member
- Suresh Gupta - Lay Member
- Chris Beatty - Age UK
Join the Safer Neighbourhood Board
Community projects funded by the Safer Neighbourhood Board
- Personal safety sessions - free workshops offering basic self-defence and crime prevention advice from local police.
- YMCA delivering free football sessions in Hillingdon.
- Youth Council Crime and Safety - a youth-led project offering workshops and training to support positive choices and reduce the risk of crime in Hillingdon.
- Growing Against Violence - a primary school programme delivering workshops to help children understand and avoid risky situations.
- So Social Media helps young people explore how to use social media safely and responsibly.
- Friend vs Friendly - helps young people think critically about peer pressure, friendships, and social choices.
- Teen Room Hayes - a safe space for young people to socialise, get support, and be creative.
- Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch - supports community safety and connects residents with the Met Engage crime prevention platform.