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Reigate and Banstead Police

Safer Neighbourhood Team

Dear Residents,

Welcome to the Police Update for the last week. 

The message includes personal fraud (Scams), burglaries and vehicle thefts reported between the 02nd January 2025 to 09th January 2025.

Please Note

https://www.surrey.police.uk

Personal Fraud (Scams) in the Borough.

There were 5 reports of Personal Fraud in the last week. 3 reports were related to Rogue Traders in the Borough, 1 report related to an employment opportunity advertised through a Social Media Site and 1 report of Romance Fraud. 

For more information and help or to report these and many other types of fraud, go to Action Fraud the UK’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre or phone 0300 123 2040.

Please do report Personal Fraud - Scams.   

Burglaries

North

Between 24/12/2024.  00:01 to 04/01/2025 12:35.   Fleetwood Close, Tadworth. Residential Garage Burglary. Method of Entry – Forced entry has been gained into the garage.

Stolen: Motorbike (BMW).      (PR 45250001188)

Central

02/01/2025 21:55.   Fengates Road, Redhill.  Attempted Residential Burglary. Method of Entry – Attempted forced entry through a door located at the front of the property.

Stolen: Nothing taken.      (PR 45250000667)

05/01/2025 Between 08:00 to 09:00.  St John’s Terrace Road, Redhill.  Residential Burglary.  Method of Entry – Suspect(s) are believed to have gained entry to the property through the kitchen door. The suspect(s) have left after being disturbed by the occupant of the property

Stolen: Nothing taken.      (PR 45250001440)

South

 No reports this Week

Please remember we provide lots of advice on our website for keeping you, and your property safe:            Keep burglars out of your property | Surrey Police

Vehicle  Thefts -      Keyless Car (vehicle) Theft 0, Attempted Keyless Car theft 0,  Car Theft 1,  Vehicle theft 0 and motorcycle theft 0 , have been reported in the last week. 

Horley, Lee Street.   08/01/2025.  23:41   Car Theft.    Vehicle recovered  (PR 45250002946)

There is lots of advice on our website for keeping your car/van safe:

https://www.surrey.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/keeping-vehicles-safe/preventing-car-vehicle-theft/

https://www.surrey.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/keeping-vehicles-safe/

Contacting Us

The Police Reference Number (PR) with each of the reports is shown in brackets. If you have any information on any of the reports, including CCTV, please contact us quoting the Police Reference Number (PR). 

Ways to Contact Surrey Police

Accessible Ways

We want to make sure our service is as accessible as possible for everyone. If you’re deaf or hard of hearing there are a number of tools available to help, including our textphone service and the Pegasus scheme for people who may find it hard to communicate with us.

The best way for everyone to contact us about a non-emergency matter is through our website or our social channels so private message us or start a live chat on our website at any time!

Here are some other tools you can use:

·       Textphone - for those who are deaf or speech-impaired, communication is easy with our Textphone 18000 or the Relay UK app for 999 emergency texts.  
999 emergency text service. Please note, you must register your mobile phone first.   

·       Pegasus Scheme – if you have speech or communication challenges the Pegasus card scheme streamlines the help you receive in urgent situations. 

·       SignVideo BSL Interpreter - if you're a British Sign Language User, our SignVideo partnership means you're just a click away from a remote BSL interpreter. 

·       Police Link Officers for Deaf people (PLOD) – if you are deaf, you can SMS text us on 07967 986130.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, committed to inclusivity within our force and the community. 

Please share this information with anyone you think may benefit from knowing about these accessible ways to contact us. 

Contact the Neighbourhood Team

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 pool information to build a wider understanding.

 If you believe you have any information relating to relevant information or concerns you can:

You can also give information totally anonymously by contacting the Independent  Charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111; or through their anonymous online form  https://crimestoppers-uk.org/

In an Emergency please contact 999.

For general enquiries please email us at: reigateandbanstead@surrey.police.uk

As ever if you have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us. 

Best wishes,

Reigate & Banstead Safer Neighbourhood Team