St Helier

Shoplifting offences

Issued 13 November 2025

St Helier Ward and other teams will aim to tackle and reduce shoplifting offences and bring offenders to justice by;
- Completing operations on Morden High Street targeting those committing theft offences
- Working with business premises to ID offenders through the use of CCTV or other enquiries
- Work with other teams within the Metropolitan police to secure convictions where there is appropriate evidence of an offence
- Patrol areas where there are a higher number of shoplifting offences as part of a typical daily deployment

Actioned 26 February 2026

Burglary

Issued 13 November 2025

Officers and PCSO's will visit all victims of burglary, offering re-assurance and crime prevention advice to the community.
Working in partnership with our investigation teams we will look to identify any evidential leads, such as CCTV to pursue offenders and bring justice to victims.
Burglary on the ward has increased 14% year on year, which is something we are hoping to reverse through giving people better information to prevent them becoming victims as well as catching burglars through evidence

We are also setting up pro-active operations targetting burglary and motor vehicle crime in the area and surrounding

Actioned 26 February 2026

Motor-vehicle crime - both theft of and theft from motor vehicle

Issued 13 November 2025

Pro-active operations have taken place in an attempt to tackle this issue, officers working extended or additional shifts has taken place targeting areas of high motor-vehicle crime which has lead to arrests of offenders during the deployments.
Despite this, motor vehicle crime remains an issue, there has been a 6% increase year on year in offences which we hope to reduce.

Preventing thefts from can be achieved from not leaving any money or valuables in unattended vehicles

We are also setting up pro-active operations targetting burglary and motor vehicle crime in the area and surrounding

Actioned 26 February 2026