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Tandridge Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter
Alert message sent 20/01/2022 09:52:00
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Bulletin 2 January 6th – January 19th 2022
Dear Neighbourhood Watch Members
Vehicle crime continues to feature across several areas of Tandridge although not always focused on tool thefts. Please be vigilant in securing any tools you may have in your vehicles and removing any valuables overnight. High value items should be kept out of sight at all times. Please, can you encourage your neighbours to do the same? We continue to pursue the perpetrators of such crimes but please support us by increasing awareness in your communities, reporting any suspicious activity and by ensuring all possible precautions are taken with regards to securing your vehicles.
• Ensure your vehicle alarm is working and active.
• When parking in a public area, park somewhere where there is high footfall, if possible.
• If you can’t park in a garage, try to park in a location that restricts access to your vehicle. For example, reverse park your van with the doors close to a wall or hedge etc.
• Consider installing deadlocks on vans or in vehicle CCTV if you are keeping items of high value in them.
• Register your property for FREE on www.immobilise.com
SAFER STREETS FUNDING TO BOOST CRIME PREVENTION IN TANDRIDGE
In April 2021 Tandridge Borough was successful in securing over £300,000 in funding from the Home Office to help tackle burglary and neighbourhood crime in the area.
This was the result of us submitting a bid for ‘Safer Streets’ funding for the Godstone and Bletchingley areas of Tandridge in order to support a reduction in incidents of burglary, particularly from sheds and outhouses. This area was chosen following completion of an Environmental Visual Audit (EVA) together with analysis of crime review hotspots in the area. Bikes and garden equipment have been the main items targeted, and this was causing misery for our local community.
The funding will not only improve the safety and security of residents living in the area, but will also act as a real deterrent to criminals who have been targeting their properties. It will act as a boost to the prevention work our police teams are already carrying out, and has provided us with a great opportunity to engage further with our community and work with our partners and extended police family.
So how are we spending the money?
Our aim is to use the funds to ‘target harden’ the areas being hit. Target hardening is about making a building or area into a more difficult, or less attractive, place to target.
Over 150 repeat victims of burglary/theft within the target area have been directly contacted to complete an eligibility assessment for crime prevention kits. These kits contain Cube Portable Security Cameras, Secure Shed Shackles, Wireless Shed Alarms and Crime Prevention Stickers. It’s all about making the premises less attractive to the opportunists. The roll out of the kits commenced early November and is ongoing.
9 ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Reader) cameras are to be installed around the borough of Tandridge by the end of January 2022. These will make Tandridge a less attractive area to criminals who are travelling in to the area to commit burglary and other crimes. This ANPR system provides investigators potential lines of enquiry.
A defensive planting project is underway on a garden within the area. Defensive planting is ideal for those rural areas adjacent to open land which are difficult to make secure. The use of defensive planting can help provide a nature barrier to these types of locations. In the next few weeks we will be producing a media video which will be shared via social media throughout the borough, to provide education and ideas on how you can do this yourselves.
We have purchased 500 SelectaDNA kits which are going to be rolled out with the help of our volunteers to identified premises within the area. SelectaDNA is a powerful crime deterrent and has been proven to reduce crime and property theft, it also helps us to link criminals to crime scenes and secure convictions.
Our Neighborhood Watch partners will be invaluable in assisting with the remainder of the roll out of the project. Part of the funding will provide them with refreshed signage which will serve as a reminder to offenders that residents are on the lookout and deter offending whilst increase the community feeling of safety.
Have we seen any benefits so far?
We have just completed the third stage of the project which is already proving to be reaping the benefits with a distinct reduction in domestic burglaries compared to this time last year. This is excellent news.
Borough Commander for Tandridge Inspector Karen Hughes said “The project is massively underway now and I’m delighted that we have already seen some reduction in our burglary statistics compared to this time last year. Community Engagement is our key focus moving in to 2022 and my team is working hard with our partners to ensure that the residents of Tandridge feel as safe as possible. This initiative is helping us to make a real and tangible difference”.
Designing Out Crime Officer for Surrey Police Simon Evans said “This project is aimed at target hardening properties within the wards of Bletchingley and Godstone as well as enhancing engagement within the local community”.
CRIME REPORTS IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
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If your area is NOT referred to below it is because we have not been informed of the crime or it has not been affected by reported crime in the categories below. Feedback from you will help to achieve the most appropriate circulation of information.
WITNESS APPEAL
We are appealing for witnesses after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed on Stafford Road, Caterham on the evening of January 18th.
Officers were called to Stafford Road at around 9pm after receiving reports of a serious assault. The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The three suspects in the assault are described as Black men wearing all black clothing.
A 25-year-old man from London was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, but has since been released with no further action.
If you were in the area at this time and saw anything suspicious or can help us, please get in touch quoting reference number PR/45220006438 via:
Online https://www.surrey.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/
Calling us on 101
If you do not wish to leave your name, please call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
LINGFIELD, DORMANDSLAND AND SMALLFIELD
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages
East Grinstead Road, Lingfield. Between 12.00 January 11th and 06.00 January 12 the garage door was forced open and jammed but nothing stolen (ref 45220004201) and another garage was broken into but nothing stolen (ref 45220004145).
New Place Gardens, Lingfield. Between 16.30 and 19.15 January 19th a house was entered after the rear patio door window was smashed. It is not yet known whether anything was stolen (ref 45220006922).
Vehicle Crime
Station Road, Lingfield – Theft. Overnight January 8th to 9th index plates RO56MXZ were stolen from a car (ref 45220002756
Newchapel Road, Lingfield – Theft. In the early hours of January 11th index plates that had been stolen off a vehicle were found near an abandoned vehicle that had been involved in a burglary in Sussex the previous night (ref 45220003401).
New Farthingdale, Dormansland – Theft. Overnight January 11th to 12th index plates X466KMJ were stolen from a car (ref 45220004138).
Hathersham Close, Smallfield – Theft. Overnight 18.00 January 18th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car (ref 45220006544).
Churchill Road, Smallfield – Theft. During the night of January 18th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car and the wing mirror damaged (ref 45220006555).
BLETCHINGLEY, SOUTH NUTFIELD AND SOUTH GODSTONE
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages
Easter Way, South Godstone. Around 02.45 January 12th three males in a Transit van failed in an attempt to break into a garage (ref 45220003891).
Springbotttom Lane, Bletchingley. Overnight January 17th to 18th two garages were broken into but nothing was stolen (ref 45220006137).
Morris Road, South Nutfield. Overnight on January 18th the barrel of a lock on a pair of bifold doors at the rear of a house was removed but nothing was stolen (ref 45220006444).
Nightingale Way, Bletchingley. Between 16.00 and 19.00 January 19th the bottom panel of a UPVC door frame was prised out using a tool and having climbed through it the offender undertook a messy search of the house. It is not yet known whether anything was stolen (ref 45220006881).
Criminal Damage
Eastbourne Road, South Godstone. Around 22.30 January 10th the glass in a front door of a house was damaged by what is believed to be pellets from an air rifle or small rocks (ref 45220003360).
Pendell Road, Bletchingley. Around 19.45 January 14th a quantity of cabling was cut and stolen from a substation (ref 45220005084).
Vehicle Crime
Nightingale Way, Bletchingley – Theft. Overnight January 11th to 12th front index plate AP12VXJ was stolen and the rear one damaged (ref 45220004425).
OXTED, TANDRIDGE AND HURST GREEN
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages
Oak Close, Hurst Green. Overnight January 16th to 17th an attempt was made to force the lock on the door of a flat but no access was gained although the latch was damaged (ref 45220006055).
Criminal Damage
Pollards Oak Road, Hurst Green. Sometime on January 9th the front windows of a house were smashed (ref 45220003526).
Vehicle Crime
Tandridge Lane, Tandridge. Between January 7th and 8th index plate LG64VEM was stolen from a car (ref 45220002526).
Hurst Green Road, Hurst Green – Criminal Damage. Between 17.15 and 23.05 January 13th the nearside window of a car was smashed (ref 45220004709).
Coldshott, Hurst Green – Criminal Damage. Around 20.45 January 18th the windows of two cars were smashed (ref 45220006420).
Gordons Way, Oxted – Theft. Overnight January 14th to 15th index plates GJ12WCX were stolen from a car (ref 45220005287).
Bluehouse Lane, Oxted. Around 16.40 January 19th a male was disturbed by the victim as he tried to break into a car and he then ran off and jumped into a small black vehicle that was waiting for him (ref 45220006824).
CATERHAM, CATERHAM ON THE HILL, CHALDON AND WHYTELEAFE
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages
Godstone Road, Whyteleafe. Around 05.00 January 10th two males broke the security lock of a garage but fled after they were disturbed by the victim before being able to steal a motorbike. They drove off in a white Transit van (ref 45220003017).
Pilgims Lane, Chaldon. Around 02.00 January 18th trespassers tried garage doors which were locked and then disconnected a security light by grabbing the wire and tripped out the CCTV camera. Nothing was stolen (ref 45220006690).
Criminal Damage
Stafford Road, Caterham. Sometime between January 8th and 11th a car wheel was rolled down the hill at the back of a public building smashing one of the windows (ref 45220003471).
Vehicle Crime
Stafford Road, Caterham – Theft. Around 17.30 January 10th two males described as white and one described as black all wearing masks stole a catalytic converter and threatened the victim with an iron bar when he went to investigate his car alarm going off (ref 45220003237). Between 22.00 and 23.00 January 16th traffic cones were placed on the roof of a car scratching the body work and the wing mirrors were kicked off (ref 45220005958).Between January 16th and 18th a catalytic converter and a Lambarda electronic system was stolen from another car (ref 45220006353).
Homesdale Road, Caterham on The Hill – Theft. Between 13.30 and 18.30 January 10th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car (ref 45220003260). Then overnight January 11th to 12th another catalytic converter was stolen from a car (ref 45220004036).
Alexander Crescent, Caterham on The Hill – Criminal Damage. Overnight January 17th to 18th three tyres were slashed on a car (ref 45220006209).
Salmons Lane, Whyteleafe – Theft. Between 11.30 January 13th and 11.30 January 14th index plates SV12THF were stolen from a car (ref 45220004889).
WARLINGHAM, WOLDINGHAM AND TATSFIELD
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages
Ridley Road, Warlingham. Around 06.37 January 7th three males entered the driveway of a house, conducted an occupancy check to the double gate at the side of the house and used force to break the gate lock but were disturbed when they walked down the side of the house and left possibly in a grey /silver Mercedes Class C saloon car (ref 45220002508).
Theft
Woldingham Road, Woldingham. Between 11.25 and 11.45 January 19th whilst a workman was talking to his client a Hasquevana cut off abrasive saw was stolen from the side of the road (ref 45220006610).
Criminal Damage
Whyteleafe Road, Whyteleafe.Around 17.40 January 8th an air rifle pellet was fired through a shop window causing it to crack (ref 45220002652).
Vehicle Crime
Church Road, Woldingham – Theft. Between January 4th and 6th index plates L66YTH were stolen from a car but later found in Searchwood Road, Warlingham (ref 45220001891).
Searchwood Road, Warlingham – Theft. Between 07.00 and 17.20 January 6th index plates W21REE were stolen from a car (ref 45220001959).
Paynesfield Road, Tatsfield – Theft. Around 23.00 January 12th to 13th a white Land Rover index HC11DON was stolen by way of a keyless theft and was seen driving at speed in the Biggin Hill area (ref 45220004898).
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