Crime Alert Message

[Tim Lund]

Dear Residents

On Sunday 23rd November 2014 at about 10:20 pm a lone female was attacked and robbed of personal property in the alleyway between Sunderland Road and Trilby Road. If you have any information regarding this incident then please call police on 101 or Perry Vale Safer Neighbourhoods Team on 020 8721 2480. If you wish to remain anonymous telephone Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

Please be aware of your own personal safety if you are out and about during the hours of darkness.

• Avoid walking the streets or using public transport alone at night.
• Try not to overtly use your phone immediately on leaving the railway station.
• Even if you’re in a group, stick to well-lit areas and keep high value goods and money hidden.

IF IT HAPPENS TO YOU

• If you're a victim of street robbery or see someone else being robbed dial 999. Even if you can't remember much, it could mean the difference between the robber being caught or getting away with it.
• If you call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. You won’t have to give your name, go to the police station, give a statement or go to court.
• If your phone's stolen, get it blocked.
• Cancel any stolen bank cards.
• Change the locks on your house if your keys have been stolen.
• Go to hospital or your doctors to have any injuries treated and documented.

For what it's worth, I feel a bit uneasy about the advice to avoid walking the streets or using public transport alone at night. From one point of view it's obviously sensible, but shouldn't we be able to do this? Does it mean that someone like me, who doesn't own a car, can't go out after dark on my own?

[Tim Lund]

There was a fair amount of comment - supporting the point I made - on the SE23.com sister thread.

These Forums are monitored by our local police, so I'll be interested to know what their reaction is.

[coldand]

Oh for Christ sake ,it's just a bit of friendly advice,yes your right you should be able to walk where and when you like but I'm afraid that is the world we live in that you can't without fear of being a victim of crime,no one saying you can't go out after dark but just be on your guard that's all,you would be moaning if there was no warning on here and you got attacked,just take the advice on here for what it was ,ADVICE

[coldand]

Let's bash the police again ,they're dammed if they do and dammed if they don't,go out on your own then ,let your wife and kids get the night bus then as you feel so oppressed.
You crack on .

[coldand]

So what EXACTLY would you of liked to have seen them write?

[coldand]

Are you really serious