Local News

This week we hosted the Runnymede Policing Your Community event at St Anne's Primary School, Chertsey, bringing together local residents, senior and chief officers from Surrey Police, and the Police and Crime Commissioner, Lisa Townsend. Chief Constable Tim De Meyer and Runnymede Borough Commander Inspector Ian Nash assured residents we are listening and action is being taken. This includes working hard to reduce anti-social behaviour in the borough, tackling shoplifting and burglary, and continuing to work closely with partners to tackle longer-term issues. Thank you to everyone who came along, your interest in policing is appreciated, and your voice really does make a difference. 

Officers were called to Vicarage Road in Sunbury shortly after 2.30pm on Thursday, 17 September following a report of a stabbing inside a residential address. A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of Affray. He and second man in his 50s have both been taken to hospital with injuries consistent with a stabbing. Vicarage Road was closed for a short time between Cavendish Road and The Rowans. 

“Coming forward has forced me to relive things I never wanted to revisit. But I am here because my voice matters” A survivor of sexual abuse, whose abuser was jailed today, has slammed his cowardice and spoken of her refusal to let his actions define her life. 76-year-old Anthony Woolford was jailed today for 12 years at Guildford Crown Court for rape, indecent assault, and possession of indecent images, nearly 40 years after the offences took place. In the late 1980s, Woolford was working as a teacher when he groomed the victim-survivor, then one of his teenage pupils. After initiating sexual activity in classroom cupboards on school premises, he then started picking her up at the weekends, ostensibly for church services, but would instead take her for “prosecco and prawns”, and then back to his address, where he abused her and took indecent images of her. Several of these photos were unearthed in Woolford’s possession in 2018 as part of another investigation. In 2023 she identified herself in these images. The victim-survivor said “Finding out that these photos still existed fills me with utter shame. The fact that he kept them, that he never destroyed them, means I will now live with a deep and lasting sense of fear and exposure. The possibility that they could resurface at any moment is a constant weight I carry.” However, she remains defiant and determined and says coming forward has played a huge part in the healing process. “For the first time, I am not carrying this alone. Coming forward has forced me to relive things I never wanted to revisit. But I am here because my voice matters. By reporting what he did…I have stood up for the child I once was, and for every child who deserves protection and safety.” Investigating officer DC Fiona Clare said, “I pay tribute to the victim-survivor’s courage in coming forward after so many years of carrying this burden alone. Her bravery has put Woolford behind bars, and it would not have happened without her.”

Over a six-month period in 2025 our Centurion team, who are dedicated to tackling county line drug dealing across Surrey and Sussex, targeted drugs lines in Epsom and Redhill as part of Surrey Police’s commitment to pursue criminals relentlessly, disrupting and dismantling organised crime groups. They work alongside the Metropolitan Police Service's specialist team Orochi, who were created to target and dismantle urban-to-county drug dealing networks. 

In total: 

1309.558 grams of Class A drugs were seized 

224.67 grams of Class B drugs were seized 

£25,010.30 was seized and forfeited under Section 27 MDA  

15 knives were seized 

1 firearm was seized 

58 phones were seized