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Dear Surrey Heath Residents

Please find below details of the currently reported burglaries (or attempted burglaries) to residential properties (including shed break-ins) as well as other crime statistics over the past two weeks 30/10/24 to 11/11/24 Summary details of these are provided below.

BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY BURGLARY – 2

45240127642 The Square, BAGSHOT – attempt burglary of premises.  Occurred on 6/11/24 at 0058hrs.

45240127652 Doman Road, CAMBERLEY – attempted burglary of warehouse.  Occurred between 29/10/24 00:00hrs and 05/11/24 10:53hrs.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY – 10 (To provide reassurance there is a dedicated burglary SPOC at Surrey Heath working with North Surrey, Hampshire and Thames Valley Police to identify the criminal gangs committing these offences)

4524012536 Birchfields, CAMBERLEY – entry gained via patio window nothing stolen. Occurred on 31/10/24 at 18:00hrs.

45240125797 Diamond Ridge, CAMBERLEY – entry gained via glass kitchen door, untidy search and items stolen.  Occurred on 01/11/24 at 19:00hrs.

45240126301 Drake Avenue, MYTCHETT – entry gained via back door, untidy search and muddy footprints and glove marks left. Occurred on 2/11/24 at 19:00hrs.

45240126741 Upper Verran Road, CAMBERLEY – entry gained via rear garden door, untidy search and items stolen.  Occurred on 03/11/24 at 18:45hrs.

45240127342 High Beeches, FRIMLEY – Entry gained via rear door and an untidy search conducted and personal items stolen.  Occurred between 03/11/24 12:00hrs and 05/11/24 09:45hrs.

45240127567 Larchwood Glade, CAMBERLEY – Entry gained via rear door and disturbed residents, nothing stolen.  Occurred on 05/11/24 at 18:25hrs.

45240128201 Red Lion Road, CHOBHAM – Entry gained via garage and property stolen from garage.  Occurred on 6/11/24 between 23:17hrs and 23:32hrs.

45240129059 Guildford Road, LIGHTWATER – Entry gained via rear patio door and untidy search conducted and items stolen.  Occurred on 08/11/24 at 17:20hrs.

45240129446 Gibbet Lane, CAMBERLEY – Entry gained via rear ground floor window and untidy search conducted.  Cash and personal items stolen. Bleach used on surfaces.  Occurred 0n 18/11/24 at 20:30hrs.

4524019605 Mytchett Road, MYTCHETT – attempted burglary via front door. Occurred on 11/11/24 at 02:00hrs.

Some simple tips to keep your property more secure: 

Further crime prevention advice can be found at: 

Keep burglars out of your property | Police.uk (www.police.uk)

Secured by Design - Home Security

Keep it safe | Crime Prevention | Surrey Police

Theft of Motor Vehicle – 1

45240128955 London Road, CAMBERLEY – theft of motor vehicle (Mercedes).  Occurred between 06/11/24 17:30hrs and 07/11/24 08:30hrs. 

Theft from Motor Vehicle – 2

45240125275 London Road, BAGSHOT – theft of tools from vehicle. Occurred on 31/10/24 between 19:00hrs and 19:45hrs.

45240126081 Station Road, FRIMLEY – vehicle interference.  Occurred on 31/10/24 at 02:25hrs.

Please remember to store your car keys in a Faraday or RFID Blocker pouch RFID Blockers & Faraday Pouches | Halfords UK

Faraday pouches can also be purchased through your neighbourhood watch coordinators.

Further crime prevention advice can be found at:

Car crime | Neighbourhood Watch Network (ourwatch.org.uk)

Preventing car and vehicle theft | Crime Prevention | Police.uk (www.police.uk)

Secured by Design - Vehicle Crime

Prevent theft from a vehicle | Crime Prevention | Police.uk (www.police.uk)

Secured by Design - Vans & Tool Theft

To provide a further idea of the criminal activities of the Surrey Heath Police neighbourhood and response teams in the past two weeks, there were 266 new incidents/occurrences being investigated during this period. A summary of relevant incidents by crime type is given below. 

Antisocial Behaviour/Neighbourhood Disputes – 6

Assault on Emergency Worker - 3

Criminal Damage – 8

Dangerous Dogs – 4

Drugs – 7

Fraud - 1

Harassment – 9

Hate crime/incident – 3

Prescribed Limited Offences (drink/drug driving) - 2

Public Order – 16

Sexual offences - 1

Stalking – 1

Suspicious Incidents - 6

Please use this link to report suspicious activity Suspicious Activity Portal | Surrey Police

Theft (including shopping lifting) – 23

For prevention advice Securing your shop from shoplifters | Crime Prevention | Police.uk (www.police.uk) and Preventing stolen doorstep deliveries | Crime prevention | Police.uk (www.police.uk)

Violent Crime – 35

Cybercrime blackmail/Fraud/other - 4

Do not give your bank details or transfer money online unless you have taken due diligence to ensure they are a legitimate organisation, if in doubt DO NOT send money.  Please remind your members to report to the police any sextortion and DO NOT send money to blackmailers.

For prevention advice: Advice about fraud | Surrey Police

Cyber Aware - undefined.GOV.UK (ncsc.gov.uk) and All topics - NCSC.GOV.UK

As always, the local Neighbourhood Team are keen to receive information on all crime spotted or believed to have occurred, as this can assist with ongoing enquiries, as well as helping to build up their wider intelligence picture. 

If you believe you have any information relating to any of these or any other events then please call 101 or alternatively, you can use social media messaging or the online Reporting System Report a crime | Surrey Police 

Or copy the link into your browser https://www.surrey.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/ 

If you do spot suspicious behaviour, we urge people to call this into the police immediately yourself, and of course if you believe there is a crime in progress do call 999. 

You can also give information, 100% anonymously, to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111; or through their anonymous online form: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/

Kind Regards