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Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 20 Oct to 31 October. Unfortunately, we’ve had a large number of residents' car tyres slashed in and around Queensmead Road.  Officers from the team have been in the area speaking to residents. I’ve just returned...

The SRA is organising an Open Meeting on road safety and the state of our roads in and around Shortlands. It is being held on Saturday 18 November from 10.30am-noon at Harris Primary Academy in Kingswood Road. Whether it’s speeding vehicles or badly parked commuter cars,...

SRA has welcomed the decision not to close Shortlands Station Ticket-office. Chair Mike Ricketts said, ''This is a victory for common sense. With almost 100% of those consulted objecting to ticket-office closures, the right decision has been made. And I am sure most of our members...

Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for period from 1st Oct to 20th Oct 2023. Unfortunately, we’ve had a several incidents of car tyres being slashed while parked on driveways or on the road in the roads around Queensmead Recreation Ground.  I’ve contacted all the victims offering...

Dear Residents Please find below the crime records for the period from 20th Sept to 30th Sept 2023.  Fortunately the crime level generally remained low over the latter half of September. Following on from a conversation I had at the public Safer Neighbourhood Panel last Tuesday with a resident, and...

Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 1st to 17th September . Good to see theft of motor vehicles appears to be decreasing and the burglary rate remains low.  Worrying to see that theft from motor vehicles has increased slightly.  People appear to have slipped back into the...

Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 16th August to 31st August. Very pleasing to see no burglaries over the last fortnight or thefts from motor vehicle.  Worrying to see a road get hit with three vehicle interferences in one night.  Let’s hope we...