Marble Arch BID members are invited to join the BID team for our next Business Crime Group, which will be held in person on Wednesday 2 October 2024 from 2pm to 4pm.

Any business in the Marble Arch area can attend to receive up to date trends and advice from the Metropolitan Police and Westminster City Council. The Marble Arch BID Street Team supervisor will also be present for you to meet, if you have not already.

The meeting will include insights on issues affecting the Edgware Road and Marble Arch area with representatives from Westminster City Council and the Metropolitan Police and the opportunity to raise any questions or seek advice.

The session will include:

Metropolitan Police:

• Local crime trends and policing priorities from the police, including details on their latest operations and planned future initiatives.
• Advice on how to report crime, including business crime, the importance of reporting, updates from the last meeting.
• Current priorities and insights, as well as answering any questions that our members would like to ask.

Westminster City Council:

• Our dedicated neighbourhood coordinator from Westminster City Council will brief our members on the work that has been taking place, include on-street issues and trading standards.
• Specialist advice on how to report street issues, plus updates on their recent operations and business priorities, as well as answering any questions that our members would like to ask.
• Westminster’s Outreach Coordinator will also provide an overview on rough sleeping, including the process and welfare/actions that take place, and also be available to answer any questions from business members.

Our last Business Crime Group was held on 6 June 2024 at the Hilton London Metropole. 23 representatives from local businesses attended, as well as speakers from the Metropolitan Police, Westminster City Council and Safer Business Network.

Briefings and updates covered a wide range of subjects including:

• The latest on Op Retail, which had resulted in a 36% increase in police identifying and dealing with offenders.
• Monthly intelligence meeting and results from the police, where they meet with the local BID Street Teams and Business Crime Reduction Partnership with all crime reported by businesses to the BID Street Teams analysed and offenders identified, particularly prolific repeat offenders targeting local businesses.
• Shoplifting, antisocial behaviour, begging, rough sleeping, phone snatches, local crime trends, policing priorities.
• Business crime reduction partnership/data sharing and trading standards operations.

Any business in the Marble Arch area can attend. To register your interest, please email getinvolved@marble-arch.london.