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Bulletin 12 June 5th – June 18th 2025
This letter is longer than usual as I would like to summarise a number of the areas of activity we have been involved in over the past 12 months.
Residential Burglary.
There were 21 more recorded burglaries over the past year which was a slight increase on the previous year. A series of flat burglaries accounted for a number of these offences which was targeted activity. There have been cross border arrests although we were unable to evidentially link them to the Tandridge offences. The Residential burglary solved rate continues to increase, the Force solved rate is 10.4%. On New Year’s Eve we responded to suspicious activity in Dormans Park and multiple units were despatched. A vehicle was located, pursued and items discarded before the suspects decamped. Four occupants of the car were arrested, charged and remanded.
Retail Crime
Following our targeted engagement with retailers there has been a 47% increase in shoplifting reports. This has been matched with an increase in the solved rate of shoplifting and wider problem solving around repeated offenders. The Force wide solved rate is 21.4% but in Tandridge it is 31%. Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBO’s) have prohibited three convicted offenders of entering our Borough.
In case you missed any of the reports in our Bulletins over the last year a summary of some of our recent successes is set out below:
Following joint working with Kent Police three males were charged and remanded for keyless vehicle thefts across Tandridge and Kent.
We reported in the April 2024 Bulletin of the arrests made at Tesco in Caterham On The Hill. The CPS have authorised charges of conspiracy to steal for 5 adult females and a caution for a juvenile. The conspiracy covers 37 offences across 11 Counties and a number of these related to the Caterham store. A 6th suspect has also just been tracked down.
In October 2024 following an incident at Caterham Snooker Club a male was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment and a restraining order.
In December 2024 a male was sentenced to 15 years for causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving following a single vehicle road traffic collision at Caterham On the Hill in June 2024.
Following a protracted investigation into a linked series of thefts of motor vehicles, rural thefts and burglaries across three Forces spanning 2022 -2024 a suspect was identified. The CPS have authorised charges for 15 acquisitive crime offences and the suspect was summonsed in July 2024.
We continue to deal with a large number of Domestic Abuse incidents and our Fraud Volunteers are doing an excellent job contacting victims of fraud, providing fraud prevention advice and arranging engagement events.
An updated electronic pdf version of The Little Book Of Big Scams is attached at the end of this Bulletin which you can download and is well worth reading.
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 June 2nd to June 15th 2025 : Domestic Abuse / Violent Domestic Abuse 15 , Prescribed Limit Offence 5 , Crime other 1 , Immigration 1 , Violent Crime Public Place 2 , Drink and Drug in Charge 1 , Child at Risk 3 , Assault on Police 1 , Public Order 3 , Crime Vehicle 1, Sexual Offence 1, Custody Admin 1.
Our ongoing work to tackle retail crime has resulted in jail and a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order for prolific shoplifter Robert Keegan.
Keegan, 40, of no fixed address, was arrested, charged and remanded to court on 28th May 2025 following a theft from Sainsbury’s in Oxted. He was also further arrested for nine other linked offences across the borough and in other force areas.
He was caught in the act using one of the tactics being employed by the Safer Neighbourhood Team and local businesses to help tackle retail crime.
Using a group chat on WhatsApp, police and local retailers are able to quickly flag news of any offences to each other and raise the alert when a wanted suspect is sighted.
When known offender Keegan was spotted by a shop owner, officers were able to swiftly locate him hiding in train station toilets crucially still in possession of stolen items. He was charged and remanded to appear at court the following morning.
Now, as well as a custodial sentence for three months, PC Stimson from the Tandridge Safer Neighbourhood team successfully obtained a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) against Keegan which prohibits him from entering the Boroughs of Tandridge, Mole Valley and Reigate and Banstead for three years and from attempting to steal or stealing from any person, shop or stall. Any breach of the CBO is a separate criminal offence punishable by imprisonment.
Sergeant Wayne Stephens, from the Tandridge Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: “We must take back our high streets from thieves and we’ve been working hard to establish an effective partnership with local business communities to quickly identify and locate suspects of retail crime.
“I hope the addition of a three borough ban for Keegan through the successful application of the CBO will deter future offending by him and serve as a warning to other who might target our towns.”
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On Friday 6th June specialist firearms officers responded to several reports of a male being seen with a knife near Waitrose in Caterham.
An 18 year old male from Croydon located outside Tandridge Court, Croydon Road Caterham was arrested in connection with this incident. A knife was located and seized. An 18 year old female from Caterham was also arrested for assaulting an emergency worker.
Both have been bailed whilst we make further enquiries.
If you have any information which may assist our investigation, please contact us quoting PR/45250067881. Details of how to contact us are at the end of this Bulletin. ------------------------------------
On June 6th a vehicle was stopped in Chaldon for not displaying a front index plate. The female driver was not wearing a seat belt and was arrested after failing a roadside breath test.
On June 7th following a single vehicle road traffic collision in Lingfield a male suspected of driving was arrested after failing a breath test.
On June 9th a box van reported as stolen was stopped in Caterham and the driver arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.
On June 12th after a moped was stopped for excess speed in Warlingham the rider failed a roadside breath test and was arrested. He will also be reported for driving otherwise than in accordance with a Licence because he was carrying a pillion and the bike was seized in accordance with Operation Excise.
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.
BURSTOW
Vehicle Crime
Effingham Road, Burstow – Theft. Around 23.00 June 9th index plates A18KPT were stolen from a car (PR45250070091).
BLETCHINGLEY, GODSTONE, SOUTH GODSTONE, SOUTH NUTFIELD AND BLINDLEY HEATH
Burglary Business and Community
Flower Lane, Godstone. Around 21.10 June 8th an Audi A6 was used to force open gates on a property and then tow away an Ifor Williams trailer (PR45250068777).
Harts Lane, South Godstone. Between 12.00 and 14.00 June 12th the locks on the rear door of a house were forced out of place to gain entry, an untidy search undertaken and watches, decanters, and silver ornaments were amongst the items taken. Further linked burglaries took place in Sussex and Kent and good CCTV images obtained. A suspect has now been arrested and enquiries continue (PR45250070507).
Vehicle Crime
High Street, Bletchingley – theft. Between June 5th and 7th index plates BP12BXX were stolen from a car (PR45250069352).
Trindles Road, South Nutfield – Theft. Overnight June 11th to 12th index plates GK71DSO were stolen from a car (PR45250070432).
Eastbourne Road, Blindley Heath – Theft. Overnight June 18th to 19th a Ford Ranger was stolen but was found by the victim a few hours later nearby (SYP-20250619-0144).
OXTED AND HURST GREEN
Burglary Business and Community Holland Road, Hurst Green. Overnight June 8th to 9th the lock on a commercial unit was broken, the back door forced open and gardening equipment stolen (PR45250072483).
Criminal Damage Pollards Wood Road, Hurst Green. Overnight June 14th to 15th a ball bearing was shot at a bedroom window and lodged between the panes of glass (PR45250071867). Wolfs Wood, Hurst green. Between June 9th and 17th a window of a house was smashed whilst the victims were on holiday (PR45250072714). Vehicle Crime Barnetts Shaw, Oxted – Keyless Theft. Between 19.40 and 21.10 June 11th a white Ford Transit index KR60DKY was stolen (PR45250070519).
Red Lane, Oxted – Theft. Overnight June 15th to 16th a blue Ford Transit index LJ67YND was stolen (PR45250073373).
CATERHAM, CATERHAM ON THE HILL AND CHALDON
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages Reid Avenue, Caterham On The Hill. Around 04.40 June 15th after cutting the lock on a rear door a house was entered and car keys removed and cash from a kitchen drawer. A blue Audi RS3 index LV65GUJ was then seen by a neighbour being pushed off the driveway by three males wearing balaclavas before being driven away followed by a white car (PR45250071878).
Robbery Halton Road, Around 14.30 June 10th a young male was approached by three males dressed in black who ripped a pendant necklace with a silver chain and compass pendant off his neck. They then assaulted him and demanded he hand over his Sekonda watch with a green face before walking off (PR 45250069598).
Croydon Road, Caterham – Keyless theft. Between 17.30 and 22.00 June 10th a Toyota truck was stolen but later found by the MET Police in Biggin Hill (PR45250069879).
Vehicle Crime Salmons Lane, Caterham On The Hill – Theft. Between 07.40 and 18.52 June 5th index plates P40TKD were stolen from a car (PR45250067396).
Nelson Road, Caterham On The Hill – Criminal Damage. Between June 12th and 14th the nearside front wing of a car was scratched in multiple directions with a sharp instrument (PR45240071572).
WARLINGHAM AND TATSFIELD
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages Tydcombe Road, Warlingham. In the early hours of June 8th suspects broke the lock on the French doors of a house and having entered undertook an untidy search but nothing was stolen (PR45250070494).
Landscape Road, Warlingham. Between 09.00 June 11th and 09.30 June 12th a ground floor flat was entered after a patio door was smashed and the property entered but nothing was stolen (PR45250071337).
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
Any recipient of Neighbourhood Alert is free to copy our Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter to any other interested party who can also register to receive the bulletin at: https://neighbourhoodalert.co.uk
Just a gentle reminder that our Safer Neighbourhood Team mail box, Facebook and X account are not monitored 24/7. To report incidents please call 101 or in an emergency 999.
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