Brent Council reiterated its commitment to reducing crime in the borough following a triple-shooting outside a London Underground station.

The incident, which happened at Kingsbury Station on August 20, left two men and a woman in hospital.

It comes barely a week after the council launched its new three-year community safety strategy.

But Cllr Tom Miller, responsible for stronger communities at Brent Council, is confident that it has devised a programme that will make a difference.

He said: “Brent is committed to making our streets safer and, despite years of significant budget cuts from central government, which mean both the local police and council are operating in a challenging environment, we continue to invest in community safety.

“We fund 12 police officers through the Met Plus scheme to serve the safer Brent agenda and have just opened our new state-of-the-art CCTV control room, which is available to the police to search for evidence during incidents like this.”

He offered his thoughts to the victims of the shooting and said the council is working with the police to help bring the perpetrators to justice.

From June 2017 to June 2018, there were more than 11,000 violent crimes reported in Brent.

Speaking at the release of the report, Cllr Miller noted that Brent is consistently in the top ten London boroughs when it comes to crime levels.

He said he appreciates that knife crime is a particular problem – as it is across the capital – and, as such, tackling it will be given priority.