Operated by: Metropolitan Police Service
https://www.met.police.uk/area/your-area/met/Croydon/West-ThorntonContact Details
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPSWestThornton
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CroydonPolice
Email: [email protected]
Current Priorities
Issue
VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls).
Action
- Evening crime prevention safety walks
- Streetsafe pavement stencils and local business safety zones, advertised for awareness
- School talks for prevention and awareness.
Issue
Theft of motor vehicle, theft from motor vehicle, disabled badge thefts.
Action
- Victim care and prevention advice for blue badge thefts
- Unmarked patrolling targeting prolific areas
- Catalytic converter Met Trace marking roadshows
- Speed enforcement days
- Securing stolen vehicles
- ANPR (Automated Number Plate Recognition) operations.
Issue
Drug dealing, possession offences, drug factories, drug dens, cuckooing.
Action
- Proactive patrols of drug hotspots
- Identifying regular offenders
- Securing communal areas, vulnerable to ASB and environmental alterations to deter offenders
- Targeting wanted offenders for drug offences
- Knife arches at transport hubs
- Enforcing the PSPO
Upcoming Events
Ward Panel meeting
A meeting of the panel members to discuss local concerns and to and set priorities for the local police team.
Where: St Jude and St Aidan Church Hall, Thornton Heath
When: 29 January 2025 at 19:00 - 29 January 2025 at 20:30