Proposed Solution

Rather than sit back and wait to see what happens next, as residents we have canvased support for the introduction of a resident subscription scheme for private security services in the Egerton group of roads and crescents. This has been positively received.

These schemes have been successfully adopted in other prime residential squares in RBKC, notably Carlyle Square, Chelsea Square and The Boltons. Carlyle Square has had private security patrols for the past 14 years and the only incidents they have experienced since then were a handful attempted burglaries some years ago, all others have been successfully deterred.