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Bromley Trading Standards is reminding residents to be wary of doorstep pedlars selling household goods at your door. Engaging with sellers at the door comes with the risk of buying poor quality goods at inflated prices and practical difficulty in getting redress. The warning follows local reports...

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period 1 May to 15 May 2025. Unfortunately, we’ve seen a slight rise in thefts of motor vehicles & a spate of shoplifting in Westmoreland Road.  What’s most concerning though...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear Residents Please find below the crime record for the period from 16th April to 30th April. My main concern this fortnight is that a robbery, attempted robbery and a burglary have taken place as a result of people advertising...

The  lifts at Shortlands Station were put into use a few weeks ago However they have been out of action on occasion since them. Access to them is through doors in the booking office and then via the garden. Lifts to each platform are connected by...

The next Shortlands Market is to be held from 11am-4pm on Sunday 11 May in Valley School Playground on Beckenham Lane. At the Market there will be music and local vendors, kids entertainment, hot food, fashion clothing and accessories, plants and flowers and homeware and gifts. There...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear Residents Please find the crime record for the period from 1st April to 15th April 2025 below. Generally speaking the overall crime rate remains low.Worrying to see a knife used in a robbery and glad no one was injured. ...

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...