Item added 2nd January 2006
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 29th December 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

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Item added 28th December 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 22nd December 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
Even though the days are getting longer, winter has only just started. On my local news yesterday there was a report about an elderly lady who had died of hypothermia, with no heating in the house. With this in mind here is some useful information from our social services department.

• With the cold weather coming you can ring CareLine 0208 875 0500 and ask them to send you a batch of `ColdComfort` leaflets for you to give to those who might be affected. The leaflet gives practical advice about how to prevent hypothermia and has all the contact numbers needed.
• In addition the NHS are running a `Winter Warmth Advice line` 0800 085 7000 and the Keep Warm Keep Well leaflets produced by the NHS can also be ordered from CareLine. If you are online you can get them using this link www.careline.org.uk/leaflets.asp
• Both Age Concern Wandsworth and Wandsworth Borough Council keep a supply of plug-in convector heaters which are distributed to those in an emergency situation.
• Age Concern Wandsworth will respond to those in need during our office hours 10am - 4pm 020 8870 2020. Age Concern Wandsworth does not operate an out-of-hours emergency service.
• Wandsworth Borough Council Social Services will also distribute emergency heaters during normal office hours 020 8871 7707 and through the out of hours service, 020 8871 6000.
• Age Concern Wandsworth also keeps a supply of duvets for those in emergency need 020 8870 2020.

I hope you all have a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. The next briefing will be at the same time next week, I hope.

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Item added 18th December 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 15th December 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
Don't forget, if you are going out and need a taxi to get you home safely, you can text 'HOME' to 60835 and the telephone numbers of your two nearest licensed minicab operators will be sent directly to your mobile phone. Alternatively, you can hail a licensed taxi or call Taxi One on 0871 871 8710.

A new website service has been launched, making it easy for residents to report unlawful drugs activity online. The confidential message facility will go direct to Wandsworth Police. Making more people aware of local action on drug crime is a key aim of Operation Shield - the joint initiative by the police and council.

Since the campaign was launched in June police have enjoyed a series of high profile successes resulting in 57 raids, 289 arrests, the closure of three crack houses and the confiscation of large quantities of cocaine, crack, heroin and cannabis. Six firearms and 21 imitation guns have also been seized and £150,000 of cash confiscated.

The web pages can be viewed at www.wandsworth.gov.uk/shield. They will keep residents up to date with news on the campaign and include information and advice on health issues

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Item added 11th December 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 8th December 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
As I mentioned in an earlier briefing, this is a bad time of year deception burglaries. During the last week there were instances where conmen have posed as gas board workers, police or electricity board workers, and then, having got inside, have stolen property. The victims are usually the elderly, who can be severely affected by this sort of crime. Please warn any vulnerable neighbours to be on their guard.

Another potential problem for the elderly is the fact that the Post Offices will be distributing Winter Fuel Payments and additional pensions to cover the Christmas period. This is likely to be in the period from 19th December, and those pensioners without bank accounts may be carrying large sums of money with them.

With that in mind, I have attached a flyer about the FLaSH scheme, designed to help victims of crime and other vulnerable people by providing them with security equipment. Any requests for assistance will be dealt with in January, unless urgent.

We have had the first instance this year of Christmas presents being stolen from a house. Please try not to leave them on display as a temptation to thieves.

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Item added 11th December 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 1st December 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
We have had reports of two men in a blue Ford car ( model unknown ) stopping elderly people and offering them presents if they will accept a lift home.

The driver of the car is a white male, aged 40, of stocky build. The passenger is also white, aged 50 - 60, with grey scruffy collar length hair and bad skin. It is not clear what their intentions are, but they are unlikely to be good.

Yellow Pages and other telephone directories will be delivered all over the borough between now and Christmas. Please ensure they are not left on doorsteps as an invitation to burglars.

I have also attached a nomination form for the Wandsworth Young Person of the Year Award. I am sure you all know someone who deserves this award.
Please return the forms by 20th January.

I have also attached minutes of the last Furzedown Ward meeting, for your information. The next meeting will be on 11th January 2005, at 7.30pm Any queries to PC Keeley Webb on 020 8247 8363

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Item added 27th November 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 24th November 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
Please be aware that there have been several cases in the last week where property has been stolen in distraction burglaries. The thief is a black woman in her 30s or 40s, dressed in a dark jacket or a dark coat. She has posed as a social worker or care worker and has managed to con several people into letting her in. She then asks the victim to make a cup of tea or uses some other method of getting them out of the room and steals their property. This has mainly been in the evening, but could occur at any time.

The Crimestoppers website I referred to last week is now up and running, at www.crimestoppers-uk.org/wanted/

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Item added 19th November 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 17th November 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
We have been having some problems with late delivery of the briefing over the last couple of weeks, consequently some of the information in last week's was a bit out of date. I hope this reaches you when it should, but if it does not, I apologise.

Crimestoppers have just launched a new web site, at www.crimestoppers-uk.org/wanted/ where police appeals and photographs of people wanted by police are displayed. Unfortunately, the site has been very busy and therefore hard to get onto, but by the time you receive this is should be accessible.

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Item added 19th November 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 11th November 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included). This week's report includes a burglary on Crowborough Road and another instance of a thief using a pole to "fish" for keys/property through the letterbox.

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
Please be aware of the following new scam which was tried on one of our staff members and has been confirmed as real by the Carphone Warehouse.

She got a call call from someone who had got hold of her mobile phone number and some details about her phone and contract. In her case they pretended to be from the Car Phone Warehouse and claimed that she was due for an upgrade. They wanted to know what tarrif she was on and what deal she had for calls and texts. Obviously If they had been the CPW they would have already known all this info. She challenged the caller and he said the computers were down. They then texted her several days later from 44 7790 233 806 stating they had been trying to contact her regarding their offer of 750 mins speech and 150 texts and new video phone which was ready for free delivery the next day.

When Car Phone Warehouse were contacted they said there had been a number of these hoax calls within recent weeks and if she had agreed to it the paperwork would have been fake and she would have been signed up to an extremely expensive contract and rates and charged for the phone later as well.

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Item added 6th November 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 31st October 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
For some reason, November is often the worst month for deception burglaries, where conmen in various guises steal after gaining entry under false pretences. The victims are almost always the elderly or similarly vulnerable people, who are often very badly affected by these incidents. The thieves pose as workers from the gas, water or electricity companies, or as police officers or social workers, sometimes producing fake identity documents.

Please make any of your vulnerable members aware of this, and warn them to be very cautios in letting anyone into their homes.

Barnes Common Murder Appeal
Detectives investigating the murder of a man found on Barnes Common have released the identity of the victim. He was Hung Vi TRAN (9/11/82 - 22 ys). The incident room is at Barnes under A/DCI Teresa Defanis A/DCI Defanis is appealing for anyone who knew Hung [first name] Vi [middle name and name victim was known as] Tran [family name] to contact her.

She said: "I need to build up a picture of Hung Vi Tran's life - that is why I am appealing for anyone who knew him, who he spent time with, and anyone who has information about his murder, to please call me."

At approx 08.40 on 13 Oct, police were called by passing motorists who had seen what they thought was a body in undergrowth on Barnes Common, just off Common Road, near junction with Mill Hill Road, SW13. Officers attended and found the body of a man who had suffered severe head injuries.

Hung Vi Tran was a Vietnamese national who had been staying temporarily with friends in Hanworth, Middlesex. A post-mortem at Kingston mortuary gave cause of death as a head injury, consistent with assault by a blunt instrument.

A/DCI Defanis said: "If you saw anyone seen acting suspiciously in the area of Barnes Common, near the junction of Common Road and Mill Hill Road, SW13, from evening of Wednesday 12 October up to 08.00 on Thursday 13 October please contact us in the incident room on 020 8247 7821. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."

Three people have been arrested in connection with this investigation: a man aged 31 has been bailed to return to a south London police station on 9 November pending further enquiries; and a woman aged 34 and a woman aged 19 have been bailed to return to a south London police station on 29 November pending further enquiries.

I have attached details of the Battersea Police Ball, which raises funds for Battersea Crime Prevention Panel. Click here to open the JPG image (294k).

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Item added 29th October 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 27th October 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
A young lady in Putney recently had her mobile phone stolen on her way home in an unlicensed cab. If you use cabs please make sure you use a reputable firm. A service provided for mobile phone users by Transport for London and the GLA will give you the numbers of the nearest licensed black cab company and minicab company. Simply text "HOME" to 60835, and you will get a text message back very quickly, giving you the information.

Please be aware that a number of pedal cycles have been stolen recently from near railway stations in the borough. If you do have to leave a cycle anywhere, please ensure that it is secured with a good quality lock, and that you take off any accessories beforehand. There have also been several thefts of pedal cycles from locked sheds and garages; don't forget to lock your bike even when in a garage.
Victim Support (South West London) are holding a fund-raising party on Thursday 8th December 2005 at The Works Nightclub, Kingston. Doors open at 7:30pm for a 1am finish. Tickets priced at £15 inclusive of a free buffet. Proceeds will go towards providing outreach support services to people attending the A&E unit at St Georges, St Hillier and Kingston Hospital (proposed sites). For tickets or further information, please contact Holly at Victim Support Wandsworth on 020 7223 1234.

Some time ago there were a number of thefts of cash from Pay & Display machines. They have started up again, normally involving drilling the machine to unlock it. If you do see anyone acting suspiciously near these machines, especially if they are carrying tools, please call the police, using the 999 system.

You have probably heard about the two murders recently, on Clapham Common and on Barnes Common. They appear to be unrelated, and you will be pleased to hear that there have been arrests in both cases, and several people have been charged.

In order to try and tackle suspected graffiti taggers who have been damaging London's buses, a joint initiative between Transport for London, the police, bus comapanies and local newspapers, Operation BusTag has already caught 60 people across Wandsworth. Pictures taken from CCTV are published in the Wandsworth Borough News in the hope that they will be recognised. This week there are four young men they are hoping to identify. If you have any information, please ring Operation BusTag on 020 7027 8950, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Unfortunately, it is not possible to send the pictures to you with this message, but they can be seen in the Borough News.

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Item added 22nd October 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 20th October 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Message from Steve Selby, Community Safety Unit
Here is today's crime briefing. It is a bumper bundle as there was no briefing last week. Some of the crime classifications have changed slightly, to come into line wioth changes in police practice.

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Item added 8th October 2005
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Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 6th October 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

Sadly there was a nasty mugging on our road last Saturday night. There was also burglary and mugging in Welham Road.

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Item added 1st October 2005
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Report - 29th September 2005:

The files attached below have reports on burglary and street crime (note that car crimes are not included).

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