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 Please find below the crime record for March. I’ve done one for the whole month as I was on leave for most of March. Fortunately, there was very little crime. On the community engagement side since my return, we’ve held a “Cuppa with a Coffee” session...
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Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 16th Feb to 28th Feb 2025. Fortunately, the crime rate in the latter half of February was very low with no burglaries reported. On the community engagement side PC Chris Brown and I attended the Community Café at...
The Bromley Safer Neighbourhood Board will be delighted if you could join them at the new Civic Centre on Saturday, 1 March for an informative morning of presentations and discussions, focusing on those topics that have a direct impact on the safety of our local communities. As...
Message from Graham Pyefinch: Dear All, Below is the latest Ward crime update and advice from our Community Police Officer PCSO Adam Charles. Here is a message from a resident in Kingswood Avenue highlighting an old trick in attempting to gain access to a home: At about 9:30pm this...
Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 16 Jan to 31st Jan 2025. Unfortunately, during the last two weeks of January both Shortlands & Park Langley and Beckenham Town Centre & Copers Cope wards were hit hard for burglaries. All bar one of...
Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 31 Dec 2024 to 15 Jan 2025. Overall very low crime. No major issues or new crime types to report. Let’s hope this continues. We carried out a traffic operation in Scotts Lane between 3pm & 4pm. We...
Dear Residents Hope you’re all well and had a nice Christmas. Please find below the crime record for the period from 15th Dec to 31st Dec 2024. Unfortunately, we saw a bit of a rise in burglaries over the last two weeks. All were pre-Christmas. Sadly it’s not uncommon to...
Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 1st December to 14th December ‘24. Although overall the crime rate remains low it was very worrying to see an aggravated burglary take place. Fortunately, I’m very glad to say that the victim recovered fairly quickly from...
Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 19th Nov to 30 Nov 24. Unfortunately, we’ve had two burglaries in the last fortnight both of which occurred when victims were at home. Regarding the Durham Road burglary it is advisable not to leave small windows...