Purley and Woodcote — Neighbourhood Policing Team

1) VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON Violence against the person, patrol the ASB / ROBBERY hotspots to detect and disrupt criminal behavior, reassure public and create a visible presence.

The team continue to work in partnership with local councilors and local school staff to patrol the hotspot areas in and around Purley & Woodcote. This has provided good quality stop and searches, a targeted approach and intelligence lead tasks / stops. This has shown a reduction in ASB and Robberies in recent months.

Set: 2026-06-20

2) BURGLARY Marked & Unmarked Police patrols in Burglary hotspots to create a visible police presences to disrupt burglaries, and unmarked to detect crimes.

The team have been utilising local knowledge and intelligence to proactively patrol the ward throughout February and into the new year utilising overt and covert tactics. Further, crime prevention advice will be provided to residents around securing their properties over the festive period.

Set: 2026-06-20

3) MOTOR CRIME Increase visible Police patrols in high vehicle crime hotspots to detect and disrupt offenders. Using an intelligence lead approach to targeting offenders by using new tends to identify target vehicles and bringing offenders to justice.

Using utilising overt and covert tactics, the team are utilising local knowledge and intelligence to proactively patrol the ward throughout the summer in order to prevent and detect offences.

Set: 2026-06-20

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: 2026-06-20