Since the EU referendum the diverse communities who live in Haringey have stood together, united.
We have not seen a rise in reported hate crime since the referendum in Haringey but police are monitoring the situation extremely closely and spending time speaking to communities about this in order to address any fears they may have.
We condemn and will challenge all forms of hate-crime and xenophobic sentiment and we would like to assure residents from all our communities that Haringey remains one of the UK’s most open and diverse boroughs.
Our borough has a proud history of people working together for a better future. The people we are seeing nominated as Haringey Heroes (http://www.haringey.gov.uk/haringey-heroes) this week show the strength of our communities and the incredible amount of goodwill and generosity that exists.
We can be incredibly proud of the accounts of people pulling together and supporting each other across our borough.
Haringey council and police will work together around the clock with community groups, businesses and our partners to keep our residents safe and secure. We urge anyone who is the victim or witness to any crime to report it to the police.
Yours sincerely,
Councillor Eugene Ayisi, Cabinet Member for Communities, Haringey Council
Chief Superintendant Helen Millichap, Borough Commander for Haringey
