Issue 39 December 2016 Palmers Green Safer Neighbourhood News Welcome to the December newsletter. As we enter the holiday and festive period we need to consider crime prevention. Many of you will have additional items of value in your homes which are also valuable to criminals and as most crimes are opportunistic we need to try and protect our property as best we can. A house in total darkness is more appealing to a criminal than one with lights on as it indicates that your home is not occupied. It may be worth thinking about installing timer switches due to the evenings getting darker earlier. Ensure windows are locked shut whilst you are also not at home. Officers have been patrolling the streets identifying vulnerable houses and leaving "while you were out" cards to highlight to residents any vulnerability. Officers are willing to attend addresses to give crime prevention advice and you are welcome to phone your local safer neighbourhoods officers to obtain this. Motor vehicle crime rates often rise during this time of year and again if we ensure our vehicles are locked and secure this would eradicate the opportunistic ease to gain entry and steal your belongings from within. Please keep valuables out of site. Also, we've heard from victims that their cars lock themselves. Please physically check your car doors are locked and your car is left secure with no valuables on display inside. Please don t let your home or car be the opportunity that criminals are looking for. Wishing you all the best for 2017. Enfield Borough
payment and victim has been alerted by her bank. Welcome to the latest Palmers Green Ward Safer Neighbourhoods Newsletter. This edition covers the crime figures on Palmers Green Ward for November 2016. Crimes Recorded this month There were 101 recorded crimes on the Ward during this period. Burglary There were 10 residential burglaries, 1 aggravated burglary, 1 attempted burglary and 1 garage burglary this month. CRESTBROOK PLACE, GREEN LANES - on 5th November at 3.58pm. The suspect has gained access through the communal intercom door to the flats and has then forced open the wooden front door which was secured with the mortice lock but not the Yale lock; probably with a crow bar or a similar tool. The door frame has been damaged and splintered. There has been a messy search of the living room and bedrooms. Jewellery and cash taken. THE FAIRWAY - 6th November between 12pm and 7.31pm. The suspects have entered the rear garden from the alleyway running behind the properties, then smashed the rear patio doors and conducted a tidy search of the whole house making off with a safe containing a large amount of cash and the victim s vehicle. PARK AVENUE - 10th November between 9.30am and 12.30pm. It appears the suspects have forced entry into the property using a tool or a key to the front door and flat door. When inside the property suspects have conducted a search and cash was taken. GREEN LANES - 10th November between 4.30pm and 6.30pm. The suspect is believed to have entered the victim s room in a shared house through the unlocked door and then removed her bank cards from her purse before leaving. Her bank cards have been used for consecutive contactless THE FAIRWAY - 11th November at 6pm. Suspects have probably entered the garden via an alleyway that runs across the rear of the property and used a brick to smash the patio door and then the kitchen door and entered the property. Once upstairs they have carried out an untidy search of the front bedroom living room before leaving. Jewellery was taken. NEW RIVER CRESCENT - 12th November between 7am and 9.30am. The suspect pressed the doorbell consistently until the elderly victim came to the door not realising that the suspect has already forced the porch door open. The victim has asked who it was and the suspect has told her he was delivering a parcel and the victim opened the door. The suspect has pushed her back inside, taken up upstairs and gone through her cupboards taking jewellery. The victim s granddaughter as arrived at the address and the suspect has taken the cash from her purse before leaving. NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD - 16th November between 7pm and 10.15pm. The suspect is believed to have entered the premises via the side gate which leads to the rear garden. Suspect has then forced open the back door to the property using tools. Whilst inside the property the suspect has performed an untidy search on all rooms in the property taking cash and jewellery. NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD - 17th November between 2.30pm and 5pm. The suspect has forced entry into the property via the front door and then kicked in two internal doors to gain access into the two flats. Untidy search completed in each flat and jewellery taken. THE FAIRWAY - 17th November between 4.50pm and 7.20pm. Suspects have entered the rear garden from the alleyway behind the property and have tried to forced open the white UPVC window leaving tool marks and then they have ripped the wood covering the glass panel in the back door which had previously been smashed during a burglary a week before. The suspects have gone in the address but nothing has been disturbed and nothing has been taken. PARKSIDE TERRACE, GREAT CAMBRIDGE ROAD - 22nd November between 3pm and 4pm. Suspects have forced the porch door open and attempted to force the front door leaving the lock damaged and have been unable to gain entry.
OAKTREE AVENUE - 23rd November between 9am and 1pm. Two padlocks have been broken off and entry gained into the victim s garage and expensive tools taken. HARINGTON TERRACE, GREAT CAMBRIDGE ROAD - between 10pm, 24th November and 6am, 25th November. Suspects have used a screwdriver to pry open the UPVC front door. They found a work bag and coat with a car key in and taken the victim s car. GREEN LANES - between 10pm, 27th November and 6pm, 28th November. The suspect has climbed up the scaffolding at the rear of the building from the alleyway behind the properties and climbed through an open window that leads to the victim s bedroom. Once inside the suspect has searched the two main rooms and taken property before leaving via the open window. LIFT - LOCK - REMOVE Please remember to double lock your front doors whether you have a UPVC door or have a Yale and mortice. If you also have a UPVC porch door then double lock that too. If you have the security installed, then please use it. Please also consider the use of timer switches to light your houses up after dark if you are not yet home. We still offer all residents the opportunity of having a crime prevention survey carried out on their home. Simply contact us via the details on this newsletter to arrange an appointment Motor Vehicle Crime There were 19 thefts from motor vehicles and 2 thefts of motor vehicles reported in November. MUNSTER GARDENS - Victim has left his car parked on his driveway outside his home address and believes he may have forgotten to lock the vehicle with the fob. On returning to his vehicle he noticed that both his front passenger door and driver s door had been left slightly ajar and that approximately 5 in coins and his black iphone 6 was missing from the front seat of his vehicle. HEDGE LANE - The victim left his car parked on Walden Avenue off Hedge Lane and went inside his address to get something to eat. When he returned to this car he noticed that both his front and rear number plates had been stolen from his vehicle. Palmers Green Library car park BROOMFIELD LANE - victim is a builder working at the library and on returning to his vehicle has noticed damage to the lock on one of the doors. Van was still locked and nothing appeared to have been taken. BROOMFIELD AVENUE - The victim left his vehicle locked and secured and on return has found items taken from within. There was no damage to the vehicle. THE CREST - The vehicle was parked on a public road at the venue and was not there on the victim s return. The vehicle keys are also missing and it s a possibility that the victim could have dropped the keys by accident and an unknown suspect have found them and stolen the vehicle. PALMERSTON CRESCENT - The victim returned to the vehicle after leaving it parked and secured outside her house to find the door slightly ajar and the inside wet from rain. She noticed a black plastic tool box on the floor which was in the boot and found her tomtom missing from the glove compartment and her boot cover misplaced. DORCHESTER AVENUE - The victim left his vehicle locked and secure outside the above address and returned to find the vehicle was no longer there. Vehicle has since been found in in a car park with ignition damage.
HEDGE LANE - The victim left his works van secured at the location and persons unknown have gained entry to the van causing no damage. Access is believed to have been via a partially open window. Suspect is believed to have reached in through the open window and unlocked the door from within. Once inside the glove box has been searched and items taken including a mobile phone. OAKTHORPE ROAD - Front and back number plates taken from vehicle. OAKTHORPE ROAD - The victim parked his van on the road while he went to the mosque. On returning to the vehicle he has discovered that his driver s door lock had been damaged and power tools had been stolen from inside. NEW PARK AVENUE - Unknown suspect has gained entry into the victim s vehicle and taken bank cards from his wallet which was in the glove compartment of the vehicle. Wallet was not stolen. Phone charger and vape pipe were taken. No damage to the vehicle. DORCHESTER AVENUE - hire vehicle taken from the location and notified the victim after its tracker activated. NEW RIVER CRESCENT - The victim is a builder and currently working at the location. The victim visited his van several times in the course of the morning to retrieve and take back various tools leaving the vehicle locked and secured. The owner of the house has looked out the window and seen the victim s van doors were wide open with some items on the floor. The victim has gone outside to his van and discovered his electronic saw to have been stolen. Robbery There were no robberies reported in November.
any other issues concerning policing in Palmers Green Cuppa with a Copper.. Come and say Hello, for help and advice on local issues Up coming events Our next drop in surgeries/cuppa with a copper will be on: Friday 16th December, 6pm-7pm, Cuppa with a copper at Costa, Green Lanes N13 Friday 30th December, 11am-12pm, Cuppa with a copper at Kiva Coffee House, Green Lanes N13 Thursday 5th January 2017, 11am-12pm, Cuppa with a copper at Starbucks, Green Lanes N13 Wednesday 11th January 2017, 5pm-6pm, Cuppa with a copper at Costa, Green Lanes N13 Tuesday 17th January 2017, 11am-12pm, Cuppa with a copper at Kiva Coffee House, Green Lanes N13 Please come along and have a chat about crime or Team Members Based at Southgate Police Station your Dedicated Ward Officers (DWOs) on Palmers Green ward are: A/PS Hassan Shah PC Katharine Johnson PCSO Jennifer Arkwright We can be contacted via the telephone on: 0208 721 2835 (please leave a message if no answer) Or via email: Palmersgreen.snt@met.police.uk Useful Contacts 24/7 Police Station Edmonton Police station 462 Fore Street, Edmonton N9 0PW Front Counters Monday to Friday 10am-6pm Enfield Police Station 41 Baker Street, Enfield, EN1 3EU Contact Points Wednesday and Thursday evenings 7pm-8pm. Saturday afternoon 2pm-3pm. Hertford Road SN base 864-866 Hertford Road, Enfield, EN3 6UD Morrisons Supermarket Aldermans Hill, N13 4YD North Middlesex Hospital, main Entrance Sterling Way, N18 1QX Southgate Police Station 25 Chase Side N14 5DW
Don t forget to follow us on Twitter for crime prevention advice, local events and meetings. @MPSEnfield Do not report crime on Twitter. In emergencies always call 999. Twitter is not staffed 24/7 999 URGENT attendance required Response time of under 15mins. 101 - Police required but not as an emergency Response. 0208 721 2835 Palmers Green Ward - residents, wishing to contact their Local Policing Team for advice/arrange a visit/on going neighbourhood problems, etc. Slow time or appointment driven police attendance or communication required. If anyone would like a crime prevention survey please contact us via telephone or if you have access to a computer email us at palmersgreen.snt@met.police.uk