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Reigate and Banstead Police Safer Neighbourhood Team
Dear Residents, Welcome to the Police Update for past week. The message includes personal fraud (Scams), burglaries and vehicle thefts reported between the 9th October 2025 to 16th October 2025.
Please Note There were 9 reports of Vehicle thefts in the Borough last week, including 6 Keyless car thefts. Please secure your vehicle, further crime prevention advice can be found at:
Preventing car and vehicle theft | Crime Prevention | Police.uk (www.police.uk) Secured by Design - Vehicle Crime Prevent theft from a vehicle | Crime Prevention | Police.uk (www.police.uk) Secured by Design - Vans & Tool Theft
We are appealing for the public's help to find 49-year-old Scott Matthews who is wanted for multiple shoplifting offences and failing to appear at court. Matthews is described as a White man around 5'11" tall and of slim build. He has short brown hair and blue eyes. He has links to Reigate and Banstead, Caterham and Sutton. If you have seen Matthews, or have any information on where he might be, please contact us, quoting PR/45250123346. Contact details at the end of the this Update.
Personal Fraud (Scams) in the Borough. Records show that there have been six reports of Personal Fraud in the Borough during the last week. These included reports of a Job Application Fraud, a Courier Fraud, Rogue Trader, Investment Scam, and a Valuation Fraud (The suspect claiming to be an expert took the item away to value it with no intention of returning it).
Burglaries North 15/10/2025 01:20. St. Margarets Road, Coulsdon. Residential Garage Burglary. Method of Entry – Forced entry through the garage door. The suspects left when disturbed by an occupant of the property. Stolen: Nothing taken. (PR 45250125428)
Central Between 12/10/2025 23:00 to 13/10/2025 07:00. Fairhaven Road, Road. Residential Outbuilding Burglary. Method of Entry – Forced entry into the garden Summer House. Stolen: E- Bicycle charging equipment and a bottle of alcohol. (PR 45250124593) Between 13/10/2025 18:00 to 14/10/2025 07:00. Nailsworth Crescent, Merstham. Residential Outbuilding Burglary. Method of Entry – Forced entry into the communal bicycle shed. Stolen: Nothing taken. (PR 45250124995)
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 6, Attempted Keyless Car theft 0, Car Theft 1, Vehicle theft 2 and motorcycle theft 0, have been reported in the last week. Reigate, Evesham Close, 10/10/2025 Between 01:49 to 01:55 Keyless Car Theft. Audi. (PR 45250123336) Reigate, Evesham Road, 10/10/2025 08:00 Keyless Car Theft. Mercedes. (PR 45250123342) Hooley, Star Lane, 11/10/2025 03:20 Keyless Car Theft. Lexus. (PR 45250123828) Tadworth, Acres Gardens, 13/10/2025 Between 19:40 to 23:56 Keyless Vehicle Theft. Nissan Navara. (PR 45250124926) Reigate, Chart Way, 13/10/2025 Between 19:00 to 21:30 Keyless Car Theft. (Car Recovered). (PR 45250124952) Hooley, Church Lane Avenue, 14/10/2025 00:30 Keyless Vehicle Theft. Ford Transit. (PR 45250124953) Redhill, Barrow Gardens, Between 14/10/2025 19:30 to 15/10/2025 07:49 Keyless Car Theft. Lexus. (PR 45250125450) Horley, Wheatfield Way, 15/10/2025 14:00 Keyless Car Theft. Vauxhall Corsa (PR 45250125684) Epsom, Ellington Way, 12/10/2025 21:30 to 13/10/2025 05:00 Car Theft. (Car Recovered). (PR 45250124525)
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. · 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. · Herbert Protocol – if you care for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's, the Herbert Protocol ensures we have the essential info to act fast and keep them safe, if they go missing. You can find out more about these by visiting - https://www.surrey.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us/us/contact-us/sur/accessible-contact/ 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, | ||
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