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 Hope you’re all well. Please find below the crime record for the period from 14 Aug to 31 August. Very pleasing to see no burglaries and the overall crime rate remaining low. The majority of vehicles being stolen at the moment are Range Rovers. If you own...
Dear Residents Please find below the belated crime record for the second part of July and the latest to 15th August. One theft of motor vehicle and one theft of parcel from doorstep. Re the latter offence if you order something for delivery it is best practice, if...
Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 30 June to 15th July 2022. Good to see the overall crime rate remains low with periods of several days with nothing to report. It's worrying to see that catalytic convertor thieves appear to be getting nastier...
This free service was introduced by phone operators in 2014 and the digits 7726 spell out 'spam' on a keypad. Forwarding scam texts alerts to your mobile provider to investigate and block the number. Some 12,000 scams reported via 7726 have been removed by the...
Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 16th June to 30 June. Very pleasing to see how low the overall crime rate remains on the Ward, even with the addition of Shortlands Village and a number of surrounding residential roads. Although our overall rate...
Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 1st June to 15th June. Great to see that our crime record remains so low. Worrying to see a handbag snatch and disappointing to see that people were unable to behave on returning from a night out...
Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period to 31st May 22. Very pleasing to see we’ve had nothing to add to it since the 24/05/22. In terms of crime prevention, I’d like to make some points regarding catalytic converter theft, even though we’ve only...
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Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 15th April to 30th April. Very pleasing to see no burglaries and a relatively low amount of motor vehicle crime. On Saturday 30/04/22, we spent some time in St Mary’s Avenue with the speed gun. Fortunately, no one...