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Dear Surrey Heath Residents

It has been a while since my last crime report was published, it is a busy time of year!  Therefore, this update will be slightly different to the usual listing of burglaries, theft of and theft from vehicles.  There have been 408 crimes and incidents since my last report (25/11/24 to 15/12/24). 

CRIME PREVENTION - Burglary

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

CRIME PREVENTION - Vehicle Crime

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

CRIME PREVENTION - Other

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

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)

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

You will see that there is a lot of non-crime work that places demand on our officers and staff too. This makes up 42% of the activity they responded to during the past 21 days.

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/

I hope you all have a blessed and peaceful Christmas and New Year.