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Criminals stole over £879 million through investment fraud in 2025. Victims of investment fraud lost an average of £1,675 every minute last year, new figures from the City of London Police, the National Lead Force for Fraud, have revealed. Criminals stole £879.8 million through investment...

Dear Residents,   Please find below the crime record for the period from 1st April to 15th April 2026. Very pleasing to see no burglaries over the last fortnight and after several offences during the first week of this fortnight very little crime in the second week. Unfortunately, a teenage boy...

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...

Shortlands Residents’ Association is holding its 2026 Annual General Meeting at 8pm on Monday 13 April at St Mary’s Church Hall, St Mary’s Avenue, Shortlands. If you live in Shortlands, it’s a great opportunity to raise local issues that worry you most and get some answers....

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...

Shortlands Station's Great Charity Raiser to Retire A crowdfund has been set up to raise £500 to fund a special leaving present for Dee Janes, who retires on 10 March after working for over 16 years in Shortlands Station Ticket-office, during which time she has raised...