Kenley — Neighbourhood Policing Team
Local policing team in the Metropolitan Police Service area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.
Contact the team
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Recorded crime — June 2026
31 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.
Compared with May 2026 (36): ▼ 5 (14%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.
- Violence and sexual offences10 · 32%
- Anti-social behaviour6 · 19%
- Shoplifting5 · 16%
- Burglary4 · 13%
- Vehicle crime3 · 10%
- Other theft1 · 3%
- Public order1 · 3%
- Robbery1 · 3%
Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.
What happened to reported crimes — June 2026
37 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.
- Investigation complete; no suspect identified22 · 59%
- Unable to prosecute suspect13 · 35%
- Action to be taken by another organisation1 · 3%
- Awaiting court outcome1 · 3%
Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.
Current priorities
1) VIOLENCE RELATED PRIORITY Proactive patrol on Kenley Ward to reduce/prevent crime's within the Ward. Patrol known hot spot areas on our Ward. Regular patrols at places known to us as ASB hot spots. GODSTONE RD, OLD LODGE LANE. Concerns were also raised by the community about Domestic abuse. In response officers will continue to raise awareness and publicity on help /support and reporting options in a focus on this aspect of the Violence Against the person priority
Your SNT Team have been out patrolling the hotspot area's. Both on foot and mobile patrols. This has been posted out on recent Police social media. We will continue to support the ward.
Set: 2026-05-23
2) ASB Tackling and keeping on top of ASB in areas such as OLD LODGE LANE and GODSTONE ROAD during the summer months.
During the warmer weather, areas such as GODSTONE ROAD and OLD LODGE LANE experience ASB. The team will proactively patrol these areas utilising powers to kerb such behaviour. ASB / Community Protection Warnings will be issued to persistent offenders. Further, the team are working on a large number of ongoing neighbour disputes, which falls under anti-social behaviour.
Set: 2026-05-23
3) SPEEDING AND TRAFFIC OFFENCES
The team have been conducting speed enforcement around the ward. A number of tickets have already been given out and will continue to do so. Other traffic offences will also be targeted such as the use of mobile phones, no insurance and other moving traffic offences.
Set: 2026-05-23
4) SHOPLIFTING Shoplifting is a borough-wide priority for Croydon
Plain clothes operations will take place in stores that experience a high level of shoplifting. Working with stores and security, planned operations will take place in order to catch shoplifters in the act and deal with them thorough the judicial process.
Set: 2026-05-23
Public events & surgeries
Community Meeting
2026-08-29 · CR8 5DU, Church Road Kenley
Cuppa with a Copper
2026-11-07 · CR8 5DU, Church Road Kenley
Cuppa with a Copper
2027-01-16 · All Saints Church Hall Kenley
Event listings reflect the last data refresh — check the official team page before attending.
Nearby teams in Metropolitan Police Service
- Old Coulsdon
- Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown
- Purley and Woodcote
- Sanderstead
- Coulsdon Town
- South Beddington and Roundshaw
Source: data.police.uk API · Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0 · Fetched 2026-07-13. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with Metropolitan Police Service.