Local Crime Update 15/08/2023

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19 Aug Local Crime Update 15/08/2023

Posted at 09:19h in Law And Order by

Dear Residents

Please find below the crime record for the period from 1st August to 15th August.

Unfortunately the last two weeks has seen quite a lot of thefts of motor vehicle offences. Steering wheel locks and Faraday Cases are still both good tools to reduce the chances of your vehicle being stolen.  Additionally on a recent visit to a victim of vehicle interference I discovered that lead containers can also be very useful in jamming signal between devices and keys.  He had a hollowed out a small piece of wooden broom handle wrapped lead round it and put the keys inside.

It was also very worrying to see an elderly person fall for the tricks of a fraudster handing over their card and withdrawing a large amount of money.  Fortunately a payment the fraudster made on the victim’s card was stopped by the bank.  Sadly the bank said they wouldn’t be able to recover the money withdrawn from the account.  Remember your bank would never phone you and ask for your card or a withdrawal.

A big thank you to the staff at Shortlands Station for their prompt action which led to the arrest of a robbery suspect.  Sadly the other suspect escaped.

On a more positive note it’s good to see there were no thefts of tools from vans in the last fortnight.  This is particularly pleasing as this type of offence has been a problem in some previous summers.  Number plate theft seems to be one of the more common theft from motor vehicle offences at the moment.  If possible try to have screw on rather than stick on plates as these are much harder to remove.  Also don’t leave personal documents in vehicles as these can be stolen and used by fraudsters.  Also very pleasing to see no burglaries over the last fortnight.

On the community engagement side we’ve attended another Buzzers Club at St Mark’s Church and are due to attend two more this month.  We’re really enjoying this and it’s great that the children are so enthusiastic.  Our next Cuppa with A Copper Event’s on Thursday 24/08/23 from 1100 to midday.  There’ll be a Ward Panel meeting in the Friends Room, at St Mary’s Church, Kingswood Road at 7.30 pm on 29th August.  A drop in surgery at Shortlands Library, Shortlands Road will be held from 10am to 11am on Saturday 02/09/23.

Look forward to seeing you at some of these events.

Thanks as always for your help and support.

Kind regards

Adam

Adam CHARLES | PCSO 7572PY | Albemarle House SNT Base

Shortlands Dedicated Ward Officer

 

SHORTLANDS CRIME RECORD 01/08/2023 – 15/08/2023

Theft of Motor Vehicle:

  1. 02/08/23 Late afternoon- 03/08/23 early morning.  Hayes Way.  Vehicle stolen from driveway.
  2. 05/04/23.  Overnight.  Tootswood Road.  Vehicle stolen from either driveway or garage.  Security gates and garage door both looked like they had been forced.   Unable to contact victim to confirm this.  Vehicle recovered after being found by patrolling officers in the Deptford/Greenwich area.
  3. 04/08/23 Late afternoon-05/08/23 mid morning.  Downs Bridge Road.  Vehicle stolen from road outside victim’s house.
  4. 06/08/23 Mid afternoon- 07/08/23 mid morning.  Kingswood Road.  Flat owner’s garage broken into.  Vehicle stolen.
  5. 09/08/23 Overnight.  Malmains Way.  Vehicle taken from driveway.  Recovered later the same day in the Crystal Palace area.  Some damage to interior.
  6. 09/08/23 Mid afternoon.  Hayes Way.  Motor scooter stolen from driveway.  Later recovered.  Unfortunately suspects caused extensive damage trying to remove tracker which means it will probably be written off

Theft:

  1. 03/08/23 Early afternoon.  Queensmead Recreation Ground.  Laptop stolen from next to bench where victim was sitting.  Found on a nearby bench a few minutes later.

Theft from Motor Vehicle:

  1. 03/08/23 Late afternoon- 04/08/23 early afternoon.  Park Hill Road.  Number plates stolen from vehicle parked in car park at front of flats.
  2. 03/08/23 Late evening-04/08/23 early morning.  Money & letter stolen from vehicle.

Fraud:

  1. 03/08/23 Mid morning.  Elstree Hill.  Victim received phone from someone claiming to be from Barclays.  Told that someone had tried to use her card fraudulently so it was no longer valid and she would also need to hand over £2500 to a courier.  The courier made two separate visits several hours apart one for the card and one for the money.  The victim realised after the card and money had been collected what had happened.  She reported it to both the police and the bank.  The bank had stopped an attempted payment of £2000 but are unable to recover the £2500.

Robbery:

  1. 07/08/23 Early evening.  Shortlands Road.  Two teenage boys stole a hat and attempted to steal a phone from another teenage boy.  Suspects fled into Shortlands station.  Got on train.  Fortunately station staff realised what they had done and held train.  The suspects realised and ran off down the tracks.  One of them was caught and arrested.

Vehicle Interference:

  1. 09/08/23 Overnight.  Elwill Way.  Suspects carrying device attempted to open doors on vehicle.  Unable to open doors.
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