Havering and Redbridge police are working closely with partners and the community to tackle burglary hotspots in line with the wider MPS/MOPAC Crime Prevention Strategy.  A range of policing tactics are deployed by Neighbourhood Policing Teams  including  media campaigns, weekly press briefings, crime prevention campaigns and banners in hotspots, target hardening (e.g. alley gating) and the use of the Selecta DNA kits which allow households to protectively mark their property.

Through the London Crime Prevention fund, MOPAC has invested in programmes in both boroughs to tackle burglary. This includes concentrating prevention efforts in burglary hotspots and investment in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programmes to combat addiction, one of the root causes of the issue.