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Welcome to our Public Website. This web page
contains general information about crime, and specific information re
the London Borough of Bromley - the contents are:
Recent Updates
28-Mar-08
31-Oct-07
30-Oct-07
Reporting Crimes:
- Emergency, crime in progress or criminals still at the scene: 999
- Other: 01689 891212 - Orpington Police Station
Help Desk
- Metropolitan Police Online Crime Reporting:
https://online.met.police.uk/report.php can be used for 'non-emergency
crime and hate crime / incident reporting in the Greater London area'
Graffiti Removal:
(Ref
www.bromley.gov.uk/transportandstreets/neatstreet/graffiti_removal.htm
- accessed 26-Oct-20)
LBB are working seven days a week to remove graffiti and fly-posting from our
streets. Please report graffiti to them, and they will send out their crews to
remove it.
Please note that in most cases they cannot remove graffiti from
privately-owned street furniture, such as post boxes. Please
contact the relevant organisation directly to get the graffiti removed.
For graffiti in places visible from the road including houses (not Housing
Asssociation property), shops, green NTL junction boxes (not BT junction boxes),
street lighting (please provide the lamp column number), illuminated bollards,
traffic signs and street nameplates, please contact LBB.
Contact LBB if graffiti is on exterior walls and railings of schools. If it
is within the school grounds, it is the school's responsibility to clear.
For graffiti in parks, recreation grounds, open spaces, woodlands and
cemetaries, contact Parks
and Community Services on 020 8313 4471 or
landscape.helpdesk@bromley.gov.uk.
For graffiti on:
- Post boxes, contact Royal Mail on 0845 774 0740 with the post box number
or submit a complaint form (www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump3?catId=400144&mediaId=15400382)
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BT phone boxes, contact British Telecom on 0800 661 610 providing the
telephone number of the box or the road and nearest junction
- Bus shelters (routinely cleaned every two to three weeks), contact
Clear Channel on 0800 731 3699
- Bus stops, contact Surface Transport Call Centre on 0845 300 7000
- Railway bridges across the road and land owned by
Network Rail, contact Network Rail on 0845 711 4141
- Electricity sub-stations, contact EDF Energy for BR1, 2, 3, 7; SE19, 20,
26 and DA14 on 0870 196 3090; for BR4, 5, 6, 8; CR0, 6; TN14, 15 on 0845 601
4516, providing the sub-station number, your name and postcode
To remove graffiti yourself, you can:
LBB also offer rewards
of up to £500 for information leading to prosecution of graffiti vandals.
You could also find LBB a Community Payback site. Community Payback is a
partnership between the Metropolitan Police, the Council and the Probation
Service. Let LBB know if you find a location such as a long alleyway that would
be suitable for supervised teams of young offenders to paint over a large area
of graffiti or remove litter as part of their Community Service.
Report On-Line
If it is graffiti that LBB can deal with, please let them know.
To help LBB resolve the problem, it is important that you provide them with
as much information as you can.
Use the on-line form to notify LBB about:
Contacts
Telephone: 020 8313 4557
e-mail: csc@bromley.gov.uk
Address: Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH
Office hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm
Crime Prevention
Russell Bridge (
Russell.Bridge@met.police.uk, 0208 284 8081),
one of the Crime Prevention Officers, is very helpful and very informative
.... this is a June 2006 update ....
Motor crime is increasing due to the theft of: a) Satellite Navigation
Systems (Sat Navs); and b) car stereos which connect to iPods and MP3
players - some people have even left their iPods or MP3 players on display
in their cars.
www.secureyourmotor.gov.uk is dedicated to the prevention of vehicle
crime, CPRA NW has a few leaflets (Email us if you would like one) - also,
Orpington Police are producing a security guide for Sat Navs, these will be
handed out at stations. Railway station and golf club car parks are
the main targets for motor crime - the thieves have been stealing so many
clubs that they won't fit into their vans, so they have actually started to
leave cheaper sets of clubs when they steel a more expensive set!
Property marking technology has progressed significantly, and a local firm
called SelectaMark (
www.selectamark.co.uk ) offers an excellent range of products and
services. SelectaMark, although local, operate throughout the UK and Europe
- they have fitted a tracking system to every new caravan built in the last
20 years! SelectaDNA is their 'Rolls Royce' marking kit - click
here for details.
SelectaMark also offer a Bicycle Log Book and Marking System for a one-off
fee of £6 - contact them for more details.
Re shed security .... the Police recommend a 'Shed Bar' by County Shutters &
Grilles Ltd ( www.countyshutters.com
01268 520554) which retails at about £45, it seems like an excellent
investment for anyone who keeps valuables in their shed - click
here for details. Russell
mentioned that some household insurance policies only pay out between 1 and
5% of the value of property stolen from outbuildings.
PACRI Bolts can be used for garage doors - click
here for details. They
bolt on to the inside of the door, one each side, and shoot a 70mm hardened
steel bolt in to or through the door frame. They are very effective,
and will keep the door closed. As they are on the inside, they are not
vulnerable to attack, and they are security keyed so can't be picked jiggled
etc, and have the advantage of allowing access from inside or outside the
door which ordinary bolts mounted to the outside don't.
There have been reports recently regarding the security of euro profile
cylinder locks, most commonly found in uPVC doors, they have a flat key
similar to a Yale type. A document has been published on the web which
details how to 'bump' these locks, which basically means filing down a key
with the correct profile and making if fit the lock (easier than it sounds).
The Police have found that, due to the unique profile and key cutting
method used by Banham, it is not possible to do this to their locks - they
are also registered so no one but the registered owner get new keys cut. A
Banham euro cylinder and two keys cost about £90, quite expensive for the
lock, but secure.
Bromley Neighbourhood Watch
Address: Bromley Police Station, High
Street, Bromley, BR1 1ER
Office Hours: Monday - Friday
(normally between 9:00am and 5:30pm) Please email
Geoff Wright to subscribe to 'Watchword'.
For more information please go the Bromley Neighbourhood
Watch site (a discussion forum):
www.bromleynwa.org.uk.
www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/neighbourhoodwatch/nwatch05.htm
contains some excellent Neighbourhood Watch resources.
You can also contact the London Neighbourhood Watch
Association or visit there website
www.lnwa.org.
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Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom Safer Neighbourhood Team (C&PB SNT)
Our Police team was formed at the beginning of April 2006, and was
formally launched at a public meeting (called by the Police) on Wednesday 12th
April 2006.
Our Safer Neighbourhood Team is in place for Community Policing - it is
not an emergency response or a crime reporting service. Residents want to
see them out on the beat - not at desks doing admin!
http://cms.met.police.uk/met/boroughs/bromley/03working_with_the_community/safer_neighbourhoods/chelsfield_pratts_bottom_safer_neighbourhood_team
* Please note that the phone
will be either: a) be answered; b) divert to the mobile (at no
cost to you); or c) have a message re when the team are on duty
next.
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Metropolitan Police - Bromley Borough Police
Bromley Borough covers an area of 58.5 square miles. It is divided into
twenty-two wards and it is the largest borough in London. Of the London boroughs
it has the second highest resident population, (303,437 mid year 2000 estimate
source DETR). The Office for National Statistics has also indicated that
approximately 34% of the borough households are occupied by persons of
pensionable age.
Bromley Police Headquarters is situated in a new purpose built state of the
art building in Bromley High Street next to Bromley South Railway Station. There
are additional police stations situated at Penge, Beckenham, Orpington and St
Mary Cray and Police Offices at West Wickham, Chislehurst and Biggin Hill.
Visit
www.met.police.uk/bromley/index.htm
for more information, the contact details on
http://cms.met.police.uk/met/boroughs/bromley/09contact_us/index includes
this email address -
Bromley.FOIA@met.police.uk. (I
assume FOIA = Freedom of Information Act).
www.met.police.uk/crimefigures/index.php then search on your post code
produces
www.met.police.uk/crimefigures/datatable.php?ward=00afgh&borough=py&period=year ....
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12 Months
to September 2007 (year) |
12 Months
to September 2006 (year) |
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Offences
per 1000 population |
Chelsfield
and Pratts Bottom |
Bromley |
Met Total |
Chelsfield
and Pratts Bottom |
Bromley |
Met Total |
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Burglary
(Per 1000 Population) |
9 |
11.5 |
13.2 |
10 |
12.8 |
13.7 |
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Criminal
Damage (Per 1000 Population) |
11.4 |
16.5 |
14.7 |
13.4 |
19.2 |
15.8 |
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Drugs
Offences (Per 1000 Population) |
1.4 |
3 |
8 |
0.3 |
2.9 |
6.4 |
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Fraud or
Forgery (Per 1000 Population) |
1.9 |
3.7 |
4.9 |
3.3 |
4.2 |
5.2 |
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Other
Notifiable Offences (Per 1000 Population) |
0.4 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
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Robbery
(Per 1000 Population) |
0.8 |
2.9 |
5.5 |
0.5 |
3.4 |
5.9 |
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Sexual
Offences (Per 1000 Population) |
1.4 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
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Theft and
Handling (Per 1000 Population) |
22.7 |
29.8 |
46.3 |
23.5 |
34.2 |
48.9 |
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Violence
Against the Person (Per 1000 Population) |
7.9 |
16.8 |
23.5 |
8.5 |
18.1 |
24.8 |
United in fight against crime
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/indepth/features/display.var.1762920.0.united_in_fight_against_crime.php
Tuesday 16th October 2007
Borough commander Chief Superintendent Charles Griggs and Councillor Colin
Bloom tell reporter JON CHEETHAM how the latest crime figures show the
Safer Bromley Partnership is working.
ACCORDING to the latest crime performance figures:
- There were 1,800 fewer
crimes reported between April 1 and September 30, compared with the same period
last year - a fall of 13 per cent.
- The total number of violent crimes reported has also decreased.
- Robberies fell from 486 to 314 - a 35 per cent drop, while common assaults
dropped from 599 to 521 - a fall of 13 per cent.
- Woundings fell from 1355 to 1073 - a drop of 21 per cent.
- The borough is aiming for an overall 17.5 per cent drop in reported crimes
over a three-year period.
- At the start of the three-year period in April 2004 a total of 18,195 crimes
were reported.
- This fell to 16,128 crimes reported from April 1 to September 30 this year, a
fall of 17 per cent.
- Talking about reaching the 17.5 per cent target, Mr Griggs said: "In the
first two years it looked unlikely we would achieve this.
- "The third year was going to be tough but things put in place over the past
12 months are making a difference."
- Among the measures making this happen are Safer Neighbourhood Teams and Safer
Transport Teams, which provide a visible police presence on the streets and on
public transport.
- Alongside the police and PCSOs are council officers targeting enviro-crimes,
rogue traders and illegal licensing as part of the Safer Bromley Partnership.
- The aim is to change the kind of people who use the town centres at night and
to make it attractive to the people who have stayed away in the past.
- Feedback from businesses and people involved in the night-time economy of
Bromley suggests the town centre has been through a genuine transformation over
the past 12 months.
- Tougher licensing laws enforced by council licensing officers is an example
of how the members of the partnership work together.
- Cllr Bloom said: "The partnership is intelligence-led and the targeting of
businesses and landlords is creating a growing sense of responsibility among
hosts and landlords. "It is not in their interests places such as Bromley, Orpington and Beckenham
get a bad reputation."
- The figures also show a drop in theft, with burglary down from 1,012 to 768 -
a fall of 24 per cent.
- Crimes classed as theft from a person fell by 13 per cent, from 248 to 215,
while thefts from motor vehicles fell from 1,483 to 1,166 - a 21 per cent drop.
- However, vehicle theft went up by nine per cent to 618, up from 567. This is
due to a resurgence in the popularity of joyriding among teenagers.
- Cases of interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle went up by 12 per
cent, from 92 to 103 cases.
- Mr Griggs said: "The rise is due to youngsters stealing older vehicles. They
are lifting older cars from the streets. The scrap value of old cars has gone up
as well."
- He added: "We know where this is happening. It is about targeting resources
in these localities."
- Despite the encouraging figures, Bromley residents have a greater fear of
crime than residents in other London boroughs where crime rates are much higher.
- The Met's Public Attitude Survey asks people about their perceptions of
policing and experiences.
- Its last quarterly survey, from January to April, showed people in Bromley
fear crime more than in 29 of the 31 other London boroughs.
Bromley Crime Disorder and Drugs Summary Audit 2004 can be viewed via
www.met.police.uk/foi/pdfs/aims_objectives_plans/borough/bromley_crime_and_disorder_audit_2004.pdf.
Bromley Community Safety Strategy 2005 to 2008 can be viewed via
www.met.police.uk/foi/pdfs/aims_objectives_plans/borough/bromley_crime_and_disorder_strategy_2005-08.pdf.
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Bromley Council Contact Numbers:
- LBB Environmental Health and Trading Standards: This deals with
noise problems
noise problems,
bonfires , etc - contact details ....
- Telephone: 020 8313 4830
- Out-of-Hours Emergency: 020 8464 4848 (5pm - 8.30am and
weekends)
- E-mail:
ehts.customer@bromley.gov.uk
- Fax: 020 8313 4450
- Address: Environmental Health and Trading Standards,
Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH
* This number is also referred to as the Graffiti
Hotline.
Halloween
From www.neighbourhoodwatch.net
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Help stop Hallowe’en nightmares
For many people, the growing
popularity of Hallowe’en trick-or-treating has become a nightmare.
Here at
www.neighbourhoodwatch.net the last thing we want is to be
labelled party poopers. But we do want to do our bit to ensure
youngsters who take part in the Hallowe'en festivities steer clear
of those who would prefer not to be pestered on their own doorsteps
– and don't end up on the wrong side of the law.
So this year we've produced our very own Neighbourhood
Witch poster.
The message is polite but firm: 'Trick or treat? No thanks!!'
To download the No Trick or Treat poster click
here
or window sticker size version click
here.
Print off your poster and place it prominently in a front window on
October 31 where it can be clearly seen from the doorstep – and
hopefully the message will get across to trick-or-treaters that it's
pointless them knocking at your door.
Essex Police is just one of several forces across the UK determined
to make youngsters aware of their responsibilities to others on
Hallowe'en.
'Don't get egg on your face' is the headline of a hard-hitting
poster and online campaign now running in Essex.
It often comes as a nasty surprise to
youngsters that what often starts out as harmless fun can result in
a criminal conviction when Hallowe'en pranks get out of hand.
Under the Public Order Act, anyone behaving in a manner likely to
cause harassment, alarm or distress could be arrested. Threatening
to throw something, shouting through the letter box and scaring
people are all examples of this anti-social behaviour.
Anyone causing criminal damage could also be arrested. Eggs do cause
permanent damage to property. In Essex the police are advising shops
not to sell flour and eggs to young people on or around October
31st.
Steve Tutton, Head of Essex Police Community Safety department,
explains: "Opening the door to ghosts and ghouls is not everyone's
idea of a good night. Some people may not be prepared with a bag of
sweets or may run out. Eggs do cause permanent damage to brickwork
and anyone throwing them at houses is causing criminal damage.
"If the behaviour of a certain person or group of people is causing
harassment, they will be dealt with swiftly by officers who will be
keeping an eye on events."
The final word from Essex Police to would-be trick-or-treaters – "Do
not knock on the doors of strangers whatever your age."
Neighbourhood Witch – no thanks
There’s been a great response to our
Neighbourhood Witch poster campaign.
Many of you have already
downloaded our poster in preparation for Hallowe'en.
Under the Public Order Act, anyone causing harassment, alarm
or distress could be arrested. People do not actually have
to be harassed, only likely to be. Threatening to throw
something, shouting through the letterbox and scaring people
are all examples of this anti-social behaviour.
Anyone causing criminal damage could also be arrested. In
Essex the police are advising shops not to sell flour and
eggs to young people on or around October 31st.
Steve Tutton, Head of Essex Police Community Safety
department, explains: "Opening the door to ghosts and ghouls
is not everyone's idea of a good night. Some people may not
be prepared with a bag of sweets or may not have any. Eggs
do cause permanent damage to brickwork and anyone throwing
them at houses is causing criminal damage.
"If the behaviour of a certain
person or group of people is causing harassment, they will
be dealt with swiftly by officers who will be keeping their
eyes on events."
This year neighbourhoodwatch.net has produced its very own
Neighbourhood Witch poster. The message is polite but firm: 'Trick or treat? No thanks!!'
Print off your poster and place it prominently in a front
window on October 31st where it can be clearly seen from the
doorstep – and hopefully the message will get across to
trick-or-treaters that it's pointless them knocking at your
door.
While Halloween can undoubtedly be a great deal of fun, it
can also be a particularly distressing time of year for some of
the more vulnerable members of our communities - especially the
elderly.
With this in mind, the Metropolitan Police Service is urging
trick or treaters to think carefully about which doors they
knock on this Halloween. Better still, why not just stay at home
and have a Halloween themed party with your friends and
neighbours!
If you do decide to go trick or treating, please respect the
wishes of any household displaying a 'No Trick or Treat' poster.
When trick or treating you should also stay as safe as
possible by following the 'Halloween Code':
- Always go trick or treating with an adult
- Only go to houses where you or your friends know the
residents
- Don't knock on doors where there is a 'No Trick or
Treat' sign
- Stay in areas that are well lit with street lights -
take a torch with you just in case
- Stay with your friends - don't split into smaller groups
unless an adult goes with you
- Don't talk to strangers on the street
- Don't enter any house - stay on the doorstep
- Be careful not to frighten vulnerable people, especially
the elderly
- Be visible
- Look carefully before crossing the road, even if you're
part of a group.
- Don't vandalise anything or throw things like eggs and
flour. This can cause a great deal of damage and misery.
What's more it can be classed as criminal damage, or even
assault, and a night of 'fun' could end up with you in
trouble with the police.
To download the 'Sorry NO Trick or Treat!' poster click
here
or window sticker size version click
here
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Halloween Safety - Bromley Council and The NewsShopper
Halloween Safety (
www.bromley.gov.uk:80/community/safety/halloween_safety.htm )
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