Generally Shortlands is one of the most crime-free wards in the whole Borough of Bromley. The SRA is part of the Shortlands Safer Neighbourhood Ward Panel, which includes our local police, residents and Councillors. When it meets every two months the Panel reviews the current local crime picture and agrees law enforcement priorities in the Ward for the future – currently tackling theft of and from motor vehicles, tackling anti-social behaviour, including speeding, and safeguarding vulnerable people.
This section of our website includes a fortnightly update on crime in Shortlands Ward and, when necessary, warnings about scams being run in our area. Below is the latest fortnightly crime report, prepared by our PCSO Adam Charles…
Dear Residents, Unfortunately, after a long period without any Catalytic Converter thefts taking place in Shortlands & Park Langley Ward, a catalytic converter theft took place in Bromley Gardens. The offence took place overnight between Monday 06/04/26 & Tuesday 07/04/26. Although we’ve only one so far...
Dear Residents, Please find below the crime record for the period from 17th March to 31 March 2026. Very pleasing to see a generally low amount of crime, particularly no burglaries. Worrying to see a robbery and a possible attempted robbery. Even if the latter wasn’t actually an attempted...
Dear Residents, Please find below the crime record for the period from 1 March to 17th March 26. Very pleased to see no burglaries and a drop in theft of motor vehicle offences. Unfortunately, we had two catalytic convertor thefts on Friday having not had any for a year...
Dear Residents, Please find below the crime record for period from 17th to 28th February. Overall, not too much to report and very pleasing to see no burglaries. Sadly, two teenagers were robbed yesterday on Queensmead Recreation Ground by four other teenagers; fortunately, they flagged down a passer-by...
Dear Residents, Please find below the crime record for the period from 1st February to 16 February 2026. On a positive note there were plenty of days with nothing to report & a substantial drop in thefts from motor vehicle with only one offence reported. Disappointing to see three...
Dear Residents, Please find below the crime record for the period from 16 Jan to 31 Jan 2026. We’ve had a spate of vehicle thefts. I noticed that three of the four vehicles stolen were Fords. Might be worth speaking to them if you own a Ford...
Dear Residents, Happy New Year & hope you had a nice Christmas. Please find below the crime record for the period from 16 Dec to 31 Dec 2025. Unfortunately, there was another spate of burglaries. This time in and around Ravensbourne Avenue. There was also another in the Oakway. On...
Dear Residents, Please find below the crime record for the periods from 16 Nov to 30 Nov and from 1st Dec to 15 Dec 2025. As many of you are aware there’s recently been a spate of burglaries in and around Oakway and Scotts Lane. The team will...
FROM BROMLEY NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH ASSOCIATION: CYBER PARTNERSHIP FRAUD ADVICE Social Media/Email - if hackers access your device or accounts, they could access your money, personal information, or information about your business. Improve cyber security: Use strong and separate passwords using 3 random words for your email etc. Turn...
Dear Residents, Please find below the crime record for the period from 2 Nov to 15 Nov 2025. Very pleasing to see no robberies in the last fortnight. Things were generally going well until the end of this week when we had three burglaries. Two of these were...