Local Crime Update 31/01/2024

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05 Feb Local Crime Update 31/01/2024

Posted at 13:15h in Law And Order by

Dear Residents

Please find below the crime record for the period from 16th January to 31st January. Nothing unusual to note.  Sadly one of the burglaries and two of the theft from motor vehicle offences show the importance of double locking your front door when you go out and why you should never leave items that are/look valuable in your car overnight.  See list of crimes below for more details.

Unfortunately due to abstractions we’ve not been able to do as much engagement as we’d like in the last fortnight.  I did manage to attend outside Highfield School on 1st February where I had some very enjoyable chats with pupils and parents.  Next Wednesday 07/02/24 we hope to attend the community café at St Mary’s Church.  Our next “cuppa with a copper” session at Costa Coffee, Westmoreland Road will be on Thursday 08/02/24 from 10am to 11am.  We’ve also got our next Ward panel meeting on Tuesday 20/02/24 at 7.30pm in the Friends Room, St Mary’s Church, Kingswood Road.  There’ll be a drop in surgery at Shortlands Library on Saturday 24/02/24 from 10am to 11am.  Look forward to seeing some of you at these events.

Thanks very much for your help and support.  Stay safe.

Kind regards

Adam

Adam CHARLES | PCSO 7572PY | Albemarle House SNT Base

Shortlands Dedicated Ward Officer

 

SHORTLANDS CRIME RECORD 16/01/2024 – 31/01/2024

Criminal Damage:

  1. 17/01/24 Early afternoon. Westmoreland Road. CCTV camera on outside of flats smashed.

Vehicle Interference:

  1. 18/01/24 Just after midnight. Celtic Avenue. Suspects tried to open car door using jamming device.
  2. 18/01/24 Early morning. Pickhurst Park. Suspect tried car door handle.
  3. 25/01/24 Overnight. Maderia Avenue. Suspect entered vehicle on driveway & searched it. Nothing stolen.
  4. 27/01/24 Late evening. Tootswood Road. Suspect entered vehicle parked on driveway & carried out untidy search.

Theft of Motor Vehicle:

  1. 16/01/24 Late afternoon- 18/01/24 Late afternoon. Queen Anne Avenue. Vehicle stolen from street.
  2. 18/01/24 Early evening-19/01/24 Early morning. Shortlands Grove. Vehicle stolen from driveway.
  3. 24/01/24 Late afternoon-25/01/24. Madeira Avenue. Vehicle stolen from driveway.

Theft:

  1. 19/01/24 Early afternoon. Styles Way. Unexpected parcel delivered which was collected a few minutes later by an aggressive male saying it had been delivered by mistake. A fake account had been set up in the victim’s name with his credit card details. This enabled fraudsters to buy goods using the victim’s card.
  2. 31/01/24 Mid afternoon. Caygill Close. Parcel stolen from doorstep.
  3. 31/01/24 Mid afternoon. Barnfield Wood Road. Victim forgot to put watch back on after washing hands in golf club toilet. Returned half an hour later & it was gone.

Theft from Motor Vehicle:

  1. 19/01/24 Late evening-20/01/24 mid morning. Bromley Road. Two handbags stolen from car parked in communal car park of flats. Recovered in neighbouring garden. Neither contained any valuables.
  2. 19/01/24 Early evening-20/01/24 late afternoon. Scotts Lane. Money stolen following untidy search.
  3. 24/01/24 Late evening-25/01/24 mid morning. Madeira Avenue. Jewellery stolen from vehicle following untidy search.
  4. 26/01/24 Early evening. Ravensbourne Avenue. Perfume stolen.
  5. 15/01/24-28/01/24. Westmoreland Road. Coats, footwear & glasses stolen from vehicle parked on driveway.
  6. 29/01/24 Mid afternoon. Glassmill Lane. Victim followed back to car from building society after collecting an envelope containing a large amount of money. As victim placed envelope in his car suspect said you’ve dropped some money and pointed to four £20 notes on the floor. Also told the victim he’d dropped another £ which had blown off up the road . Victim ran back up the road to retrieve this note. Returned to his car to find the envelope containing the rest of the money was gone.
  7. 27/01/24 Early evening-28/01/24 mid morning. Brookwood Close. Two bottles of water and bag of peanuts stolen.
  8. 29/01/24 Mid evening-30/01/24 early morning. St Mary’s Avenue. Mobile phone, dongle and headphones stolen.
  9. 30/01/24 Overnight. Caygill Close. Food and water stolen.

Robbery:

  1. 24/01/24 Early evening. Beckenham Lane. Suspect(s) tried to grab bike from suspect as he cycled down the road. Victim fought them off and continued to shop where he took his bike inwith him. Suspects followed victim in and snatched bike. One of them pulled out a knife.
  2. 29/01/23 Mid afternoon. Downs Bridge Road. Suspects pulled up in a vehicle as victim was getting into his own vehicle. Victim overpowered and vehicle stolen. Off duty officer witnessed this and called 999. Officers attended and were able to stop suspects and retrieve victim’s car.

Burglary:

  1. 24/01/24 Early evening. Bromley Grove. Flat entered by suspects using edged object to open latch as mortice was unlocked. Money, jewellery, bank card and driving licence stolen.
  2. 18/01/24 Early afternoon- early evening. Hayes Lane. Suspect(s) broke in through back doors. Following an untidy search a small amount of cash was stolen.
  3. 29/01/24 Early evening. Downs Bridge Road. Suspect(s) entered back garden through side gate before breaking in through back door. Untidy search carried out. Several items of jewellery stolen.

Criminal Damage:

  1. 01/01/24-21/01/24. Bushey Way. Sign removed from victim’s garden fence.
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