Latest Crime Update 30/11/2025 & 15/12/2025

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20 Dec Latest Crime Update 30/11/2025 & 15/12/2025

Posted at 18:34h in Law And Order by

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 be patrolling this area regularly over our upcoming shifts.

Regarding prevention advice, based on what’s been reported to us, ensure you don’t leave keys in or close to doors.

On one of the burglaries the suspect(s) entered through an upstairs window but were able to leave by the back door due to the key being either in or close to the door enabling the suspect(s) to exit more easily and discreetly.  If they’d had to exit the way they’d entered there would have been a greater chance of the suspect(s) being seen.

Jewellery and cash seem to be the most popular items stolen.  If you have a large amount of either in your home, consider storing it in smaller amounts in different locations.

With Christmas nearly here, remember not to leave packaging from expensive gifts out on display while awaiting recycling and rubbish collection.  Ensure they are hidden from view in a recycling box or a bin.

 

On the community engagement side, we’ll be holding a drop-in surgery at Shortlands Library from 10am to 11am this Saturday 20/12/25.  We also hope to attend at St Mary’s Church this Sunday 21/12/25 for post service tea & coffee.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your help & support over the year and wish you all a Merry Christmas.

 

Kind Regards

 

Adam Charles

PCSO 7572 SN

Shortlands & Park Langley SNT

 

 

Shortlands Crime Record 16/11/25-30/11/25

 

Burglary:

  1. 14/11/25 Mid afternoon-17/11/25 early morning.  Hayes Lane.  Padlock on building site gate stolen.  Several tools stolen.
  2. 23/11/25 Late afternoon.  Beckenham Lane.  Shop broken into.  Cash stolen.
  3. 21/11/25 Late evening- 22/11/25 late morning.   Hayes Way.  Building site broken into.  Safe stolen.
  4. 25/11/25 Early evening- 26/11/25 early morning.   Hayes Way.  Building site broken into.  Tools stolen.

 

Theft from Motor Vehicle:

1.19/11/25 Overnight.  Kingswood Road.  Owners manual stolen.  Black Jaguar F Pace Estate.

 

Theft of Motor Vehicle:

  1. 21/11/2025 Overnight.  Top Park.  Vehicle stolen from driveway.  Victim had keys in pouch but suspects drilled through boot.  Grey Lexus RK Estate.
  2. 21/11/25 Late evening-22/11/25 early morning.  St Mary’s Avenue.  Vehicle stolen from outside house.  Only had three miles of charge left on battery.  Recovered in Romanhurst Gardens.  Black Hyundai Estate.
  3. 26/11/25 Early evening-27/11/25 mid morning.  Ravensbourne Avenue.  Vehicle stolen from communal area belonging to flats.  Later recovered.  Recovery location not known.  Toyota CHR.

 

Theft:

  1. 25/11/25.  Early afternoon.  Westmoreland Road.  Victim put card in cash machine to withdraw £50.  Machine gave her the money but did not return the card.  A male standing nearby advised her to put another card in as this would bring the original card out the machine and return the second card.  Both cards were swallowed by the machine.  When the victim cancelled them it turns out money totalling £750 had been taken from across the two accounts.  It would appear that a device was fitted to the cashpoint so it would swallow cards & the suspect was watching to obtain the victim’s pin number.

 

Vehicle Interference:

  1. 26/11/25 Overnight.  Hayes Way.  Suspects seen trying to enter vehicle.
  2. 27/11/25 Overnight.  Barnfield Wood Road.  Suspects seen on driveway using device to try & open vehicle.  Keys were in a Faraday Case which stopped the victim’s keys being copied.
  3. 30/11/25 Late evening.  Shortlands Road.  Victim saw tow males under his truck.  Shouted at them & they fled.  No damage caused or anything stolen.

 

Shortlands Crime Record 01/12/25-15/12/25

 

Theft of Motor Vehicle:

  1. 01/12/25 Late morning-02/12/25 early afternoon.  Martins Road.  Silver Peugeot Boxer.  Vehicle recovered.  Location not known.
  2. 05/12/25 Early evening-06/12/25 mid afternoon.  Gwydor Road.  Black Audi Q5.  Vehicle stolen from road.
  3. 10/12/25 Mid afternoon-late evening.  Farnaby Road.  White Ford Transit stolen from driveway.

 

Burglary:

  1. 03/12/25.  Mid evening.  Meadow Road.  Lawnmower stolen from golf club.  Security lights damaged & padlock removed
  2. 06/12/25 Daytime-early evening.  Scotts Lane.  Suspect(s) broke in through upstairs rear window.  Jewellery stolen.
  3. 06/12/25 Late afternoon-early evening.  Scotts Lane.  Watch stolen.
  4. 06/12/25 Early afternoon-07/12/25 mid afternoon.  Suspect(s) broke in through downstairs bathroom window.  Untidy search.  Cash stolen.
  5. 12/12/25 Late afternoon.  Shortlands Road (attempted).  Suspect fled after being disturbed climbing through window.
  6. 11/12/25 Late morning- late evening.  The Glen.  House broken into.  Jewellery stolen.
  7. 04/12/25-10/12/25.  Oakway.  Back door found open.  Nothing stolen.
  8. 08/12/25 Mid evening.  Meadow Road.  Suspect(s) broke into golf course.  Attempted to take mower but unable to move it.
  9. 08/12/25 Late evening.  Beckenham Lane.  Suspect broke into shop through front door.  Opened till but found it empty.
  10. 14/12/25 evening.  Park Hill Road.  First floor window forced open.  Unsure if anything stolen.
  11. 14/12/25 evening.  Park Hill Road.  Upstairs window forced open.  Untidy search carried out before exciting through back door.  Key had either been left in or close to door.  Unsure if anything stolen.

 

Theft from Motor Vehicle:

  1. 10/12/25 Overnight.  Beckenham Lane.  Untidy search of vehicle carried out.  Cash stolen.
  2. 10/12/25 Overnight.  Queens Mead Road.  V5C Form & MOT certificate stolen.

 

Robbery:

  1. 15/12/25 Mid afternoon. Westmoreland Road.  Suspect attempted to push victim out the way as he was withdrawing cash.

 

Fraud:

  1. 13/12/25 Late morning.  Kingswood Avenue.  Suspect knocked on victim’s door & said he was working nextdoor and noticed the victim had some trellis that needed repairing.  Offered to do the work & asked for payment upfront.  Victim made payment but no work carried out.

 

 

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