Every council ward in Harrow will get a second dedicated police officer, plans announced by Sadiq Khan have revealed.

The Mayor of London stated each of the city’s 629 local wards would have two dedicated officers and a police community support officer by the end of 2017.

More than half of the city will have the new coppers in place earlier though, with 260 devoted ward officers to be installed by Christmas.

The extra officers will be solely focussed on community policing within their ward and as such will not be drawn away to other areas.

At the announcement on Thursday, the Mayor of London said: “As mayor, the safety and security of all Londoners is my first priority and this starts with real neighbourhood policing.

“Today, I am very pleased to be able to announce the first significant step towards this, with a second dedicated PC in every London ward."

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police , Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, added: “I’m delighted that we have agreed with the mayor that we can start to increase the number of dedicated ward officers in the next few months.

“I have long said that neighbourhood policing, and the strong links it gives us to our communities, is the bedrock upon which all our work is based – that’s why we increased the numbers of officers working in our neighbourhood teams in recent years.

“Today’s announcement of more dedicated ward officers means that those links can be strengthened even further.”