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The Wimbledon Park team still have burglary, vehicle crime and anti-social behaviour as priorities at this time. These are set by the ward panel and reflect the residents concerns and current crime trends.
We are concentrating on crime prevention with the vulnerable vehicle scheme and home security information being made available. The team are still finding a large number of vehicles which have valuables on display. We hope that we can reduce this with your help. This is particularly important with the extra visitors to the park and the tennis tournament.
The team have been successful in catching some of the suspects with two juveniles being charged with a total of seven offences this week.
We have also recently charged a male with causing damage to a neighbours vehicle.

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There has been an increase in the theft of cycles recently. A number have been stolen overnight which have been left in front gardens. The suspects have been using heavy duty bolt croppers or cutters to remove bikes which have been locked to railings or drainpipes. Some have also been taken from small cycle stores which have been placed in front gardens. Unfortunately these are not secure enough to deter these thefts. We advise people to keep their cycles in garages / indoors or in sheds which are not accessible from the street. There is a range of cheap alarms which can be easily fitted to increase security.
We have been delivering letters warning residents if we see cycles in gardens whilst on patrol. One theft was committed the same night that a warning letter was delivered and the occupier decided not to move the bike!
Please help us reduce this crime as we don’t want thieves attracted to Wimbledon Park looking for easy targets.
If you would like further advice about any crime prevention issues, please contact the team.

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It is the Wimbledon Park Summer Fair on Saturday 12th June. The team will be present with vehicles from the Met vintage fleet. We will also be giving out various vehicle crime prevention accessories. Please come along and enjoy the fair and meet the team.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Kind regards

Sgt Danny Smith

Your team are
Sgt Danny Smith
PC Terry Elmer
PC Danny Gulczynski
PCSO Brett Lavey
PCSO Stephen Marsh
PCSO Stewart Peebles

WimbledonPark.snt@met.police.uk
0208 721 2452