At the initial meeting of the Park Avenue and New River Crescent Neighbourhood Watch earlier this year one of the main topics discussed was alleged criminal and other anti-social behaviour in the mews/service roads/back alleys behind Green Lanes - specifically those on either side of Park Avenue. People living nearby expressed frustration with their attempts to get action from the Council or Police.
Recently similar concerns were raised on the Bowes & Bounds Connected website by people living just south of the North Circular Road, relating also to back alleys but also to behaviour and incidents near the junction with Tottenhall Road. The same issues were then brought up at this week's meeting of the Bowes Ward Forum. The discussion on the website and at the ward forum, helped by a front-page newspaper report, have resulted in some action by the Council, who put leaflets through doors, along with a Nuisance Diary Log Sheet. People were asked to "include the date, times and any description of the people involved. If there are any vehicles involved please provide the vehicle registration numbers where possible. Your information will allow the police to conduct patrols of the area at the times these incidents are taking place."
Following the ward forum this week, Bowes & Bounds Connected published further advice on reporting anti-social behaviour, advising residents to send the log sheets as soon as possible to Anti Social Behaviour Team Community Safety Unit Environment and Community Safety B Block North Civic Centre Enfield EN1 3XA 0208 379 3703 and also to pass them directly to officers from the Safer Neighbourhood Team, to send a copy to their councillors and to keep a copy themselves.
The Metropolitan Police website has contact details for Palmers Green, Southgate Green, Winchmore Hill and other Enfield wards and you can download copies of the Nuisance Diary Log Sheets.
