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Bulletin 15 July 31st – August 13th 2025
With summer holiday season in full swing, holiday makers are flocking in droves to the airports, the beach, and far-flung areas of the UK for some much-needed downtime with friends or family.
But before you build those holiday memories, have you first built a burglar-proof home?
When you’re running through that pre-holiday checklist, make sure to add these to your list: 🏖️ Spare keys out of sight: Don’t leave house or car keys in view of windows or doors. If a burglar can see it, they can reach it. Consider putting keyless entry fobs into signal blocking pouches or boxes. 🏖️ Social media detox: How much do you share online? Think about how public your profile is before posting your holiday highlight reels when you’re away from home. How well do you know the people who follow you, and how much do you really want them to know? Up your security settings and enjoy a summer holiday social media detox. 🏖️ Good neighbours are worth their weight in gold: If you like and trust your neighbour, ask them to keep an eye on your home and pop round on a regular basis to water plants and take in deliveries and post.
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 30 Arrests in the period July 29th to August 10th 2025 : Domestic Abuse / Violent Domestic Abuse 15 , Theft of Plant/Machinery 1, Harassment 1 , Prescribed Limit 1 , Hate/Diversity 1 , Violent Crime Other 1 , Sexual Offence 1 , Burglary Residential 2 , Criminal Damage 1 , Alcohol/ Drug Related 3, Theft 1, Drunk/Drug in charge 2 .
A male driver was arrested on August 8th in Nutfield after crashing into at least two cars and has since been charged with drink driving.
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, CROWHURST, SMALLFIELD AND LINGFIELD
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages
East Hill Lane, Copthorne. Overnight August 2nd to 3rd a Can Am Quad bike index HW71AEB, a tool chest, three Stihl hedge cutters, a wacker plate and a UTV buggy style vehicle were stolen from a property (PR45250094662).
Vehicle Crime
Crowhurst Lane, Crowhurst – Theft. Overnight August 1st to 2nd a set of golf clubs and a bag containing items of clothing were stolen from a car (45250094504).
Saxbys, Lingfield – Keyless Theft. Between July 21st and August 4th a Fiat Panda was stolen but found in Westerham on August 6th with the steering lock bent (PR45250095509).
Racecourse Road, Dormansland – Theft. Between 21.44 and 21.55 August 3rd two young males entered school premises and removed two rear wheels from a school minibus before taking them away (PR452500965534).
Dormans Road, Dormansland – Theft. Between 11.00 and 14.30 August 11th a white Mitsubishi L200 4LIFE DI-D pick up index DY70YBL was stolen (PR45250098290).
Hayes Walk, Smallfield – Theft. Around 03.00 August 9th a group of males approached and stole a green Kawasaki Ninja motorbike index GV66ACO and a blue/black Yamaha Tenere index HD21PWO (PR45250097594)
Laburnum Court, Smallfield – Theft. Between 02.30 and 08.00 August 9th a blue Honda Forza 750 index GX23WBG was stolen from a garage and damage to a van parked in front of the garage was caused (PR45250097889).
BLETCHINGLEY, GODSTONE AND NUTFIELD
Vehicle Crime
Tylers Close, Godstone – Criminal Damage. Overnight August 2nd to 3rd the windscreen of a car was smashed (PR45250095023).
Barfields, Bletchingley – Keyless Theft. Between 23.30 August 3rd and 15.50 August 4th a grey Ford Transit Connect index YM73VCY was stolen (PR45250095446).
Stychens Close, Bletchingley – Theft. Between August 1st and 8th but probably on August 5th a blue Ford Fiesta index N12YCE was stolen (PR45250097274).
Eastfield Road, Nutfield – Keyless Theft. Overnight August 13th to 14th a blue Lexus 450H index GV70BZT was stolen (PR45250099527).
OXTED
Burglary Residential including sheds and garages Hoskins Road, Oxted. Between 15.00 August 12th and 11.30 August 13th suspects entered a house via a ground floor front window. An untidy search took place and a jewellery box containing various items was stolen together with a set of keys including keys to a black Toyota Yaris index GV12EEV which was also stolen (PR45250099188).
Burglary Business and Community
Church Lane, Oxted. Between 09.00 August 7th and 17.00 August 8th a church vestry was broken into damaging the lock, door and frame and communion wine and wafers were stolen(PR45250097501).
CATERHAM ON THE HILL AND WHYTELEAFE
Vehicle Crime Nelson Road, Caterham On The Hill – Criminal Damage. Overnight August 8th to 9th deep scratches were made to a parked car (PR45250098157).
Godstone Road, Whyteleafe – Theft. Between July 28th and August 12th grips and sealing pliers were stolen from a van (PR45250098823).
WARLINGHAM
Theft
Limpsfield Road, Warlingham. Between 00.00 and 04.30 August 3rd four fence panels were stolen in the back fence of a property (PR45250094663). Nearby shelving unit was stolen from a rear patio at a block of flats (PR4525009490).
Vehicle Crime
Verdayne Gardens, Warlingham – Theft. Between 03.00 and 04.00 August 4th a red Mercedes Sprinter ice cream van index PO18XAL was stolen (PR45250095048).
Farleigh Road, Warlingham – Theft. Around 11.45 August 13th a silver Ford transit van index HV74FYX was stolen containing £8,000 of solar panels and two batteries. Thecar keys had been left on top of a tool box in front of the garage whilst the victim was working on site (PR45250099142).
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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