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Bulletin 26 December 5th – December 18th 2024
If you were busy Christmas shopping this week, or plan to be out this week or over the weekend, here is a timely reminder about burglary prevention🛍️
Unpacking boxes and wrapping presents? Never leave empty boxes sitting next to dustbins outside your home. This gives criminals insight into what valuables you may have within your home and may mean your home is targeted.
Flatten any boxes and recycle as appropriate – keep them out of sight of prying eyes 👀
Our Response Officers from the Neighbourhood Patrol Team will be on duty 24/7 throughout the Christmas Holiday to keep you safe.
This is the last Bulletin before Christmas and I, my fellow officers, staff and volunteers would like to take the opportunity of wishing all our readers a Happy, Healthy and Safe Christmas.
Our next Bulletin will be on December 31st.
Inspector Lyndsey Whatley Tandridge Safer Neighbourhood Inspector
CRIME REPORTS IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
Our Neighbourhood Patrol Team and Safer Neighbourhood Team deal with a variety of incidents. Here are a few they dealt with since the last Bulletin.
There were 35 Arrests in the period December 2nd to December 15th : Domestic Abuse / Violent Domestic Abuse 14 , Violent Crime Public Place 3 , Harassment 1 , Drug Related 1 , Prescribed Limit Offence 4 , Assault on Police 1, Child at Risk 1, Alcohol Related 2,Public Order 3,Theft 1, Immigration 4, .
Following joint burglary patrols across the east of Surrey Monday December 9th; two people were arrested for theft of a motor vehicle.
Officers from the local Safer Neighbourhood Teams were conducting patrols with our Roads Policing Unit when they spotted a car reported as stolen.
They quickly stopped the vehicle and two people in their 20s from Croydon were arrested.
-------------------------------------------------------- A man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent following a serious assault at the Whyteleafe Tavern on Wednesday, 30 October.
Paul Howes, 52, of Warlingham, has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and possession of a knife blade/pointed item in a public place.
He has been remanded into custody and will next appear at Guildford Crown Court on 9 January.
-------------------------------------------------------- On December 6th after a male driver was stopped for speeding he failed a drug swipe and was arrested and for possession of a Class B drug.
On December 15th a male driver was arrested in Caterham after being found to be driving whilst over the limit for prescribed drugs.
POSTSCRIPT
We reported in the last Bulletin that father and son George Bolton Snr and George Bolton Jnr teamed up with Snr’s brother Warren Bolton to carry out a spate of keyless vehicle thefts between May 2022 and November 2023 for which they have been sentenced to a combined total of 13 years imprisonment. The trio committed a total of 28 offences across five policing areas. Readers may like to know that a number of those related to offences committed in the Caterham, Caterham on The Hill and Nutfield area of our Borough which we reported on at the time in these Bulletins.
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.
DORMANSLAND, SMALLFIELD, COPTHORNE AND FELBRIDGE
Theft
Snowhill Lane, Copthorne. Overnight December 15th to 16th the automated gate opening gear from a FAAC automatic gate opener was stolen and the CCTV camera cable was cut (PR45240144608).
Vehicle Crime
Redehall Road, Smallfield – Theft. Overnight December 7th to 8th a van was stolen but later found in Hurst Green with the engine damaged (PR45240141579).
Copthorne Road, Felbridge – Theft. Around 15.20 December 11th a grey Volkswagen Crafter CR35 Startline panel van index GK70FVC was stolen whilst the victim was working at a property (PR45240144282).
New Farthingdales, Dormansland. Around 21.00 December 14th three young males, one of whom was wearing bright orange clothing, smashed the windows and lights on a car before running off towards Hollow Lane (PR45240144528).
GODSTONE AND BLINDLEY HEATH
Burglary Business and Community
High Street, Godstone. Around 17.15 December 7th the ground floor window of a unit in a builders yard was smashed and 4 boxes of power tools were stolen (PR45240141121).
Vehicle Crime
Eastbourne Road, Blindley Heath – Theft. Overnight December 6th to 7th a Ford Transit was stolen from a yard and subsequently found in a lay-by with the engine gearbox and front of the vehicle stolen (PR45240141272).
OXTED AND HURST GREEN
Vehicle Crime Hurst Green Road, Hurst Green – Theft. Between 06.15 and 23.15 December 6th index plates AV61NFM were stolen (PR45240140837).
Wolfs Wood, Hurst Green –Keyless Theft. Overnight December 17th to 18th a white Hilux Invincible D-AD 4 index FL71MFF was stolen from a driveway (SYP-20241218-0190).
Eastlends Close, Oxted – Theft. Between November 30th and December 14th a BMW was stolen but later recovered by the MET police on December 14th after it had been abandoned following a single vehicle road traffic collision in the Biggin Hill area (PR45240144366).
CATERHAM, CATERHAM ON THE HILL AND KENLEY
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages
Collard Close, Kenley. Around 11.11 December 10th three offenders wearing balaclavas broke the garden French doors of a house and undertook an untidy search. £5,000 in cash was stolen and a jewellery box was stolen. They left in a black SEAT Leon which had rear material window blinds and was on cloned plates. The vehicle had twin exhausts, front fog lights and copper/bronze coloured SEAT logos on front and rear seats (PR45240142259).
Stanstead Road, Caterham on The Hill. Between December 10th and 17th a ground floor flat was entered but nothing appeared to have been stolen (PR45240135747).
Theft Godstone Road, Caterham. Between 14.00 and 16.30 December 11th a white Eddis caravan was detached from a parked vehicle and stolen (PR45240143479).
Vehicle Crime
Homestead Road, Caterham on The Hill – Keyless Theft. Overnight December 17th to 18th a silver Mercedes V250 Bluetec Auto index YR18NWK was stolen. Earlier in the evening three males had arrived at the property to view the vehicle, which was being advertised for sale, and had asked to see the keys but had not handled them. The victim did not see any cloning device (SYP-20241218-0241).
WARLINGHAM
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages
Limpsfield Road, Warlingham. Around 17.30 December 10th a screwdriver or similar item was used to prize open the unlocked front porch door of a house. The victim who was upstairs at the time confronted one male on the stairs who ran off along with another male. They got into a black hatchback driven by a third male. Nothing was stolen and one male was described as white 5 ‘10” tall, medium build, wearing dark clothing, gloves and face covering. One male was described as having an Eastern European accent (PR45240142339).
Vehicle Crime
Farleigh Road, Warlingham – Theft. Between 23.00 December 4th and 10.15 December 5th a silver Porsche Macan index GL19JKU was stolen (PR45240140421).
If you have to contact us about a non urgent matter or to provide information on non-urgent suspicious matters or unusual behaviour you have observed which may be useful intelligence for us at a future date please email Tandridge Safer Neighbourhood Team: tandridge@surrey.police.uk
We have a portal for circumstances where no crime has been reported, but the suspicious behaviour could potentially be related to a burglary, theft of a vehicle, or catalytic converter, for example. We have a different unique link we provide to victims and witnesses when a burglary has occurred. To find out more about the portal and submit your footage visit this link: https://surrey.police.uk/suspiciousactivityportal
How to contact us with information when we issue Witness Appeals or Appeals for information
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