Operated by: Metropolitan Police Service

https://www.met.police.uk/area/your-area/met/Croydon/Thornton-Heath

Contact Details

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CroydonPolice

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPSThornton

Current Priorities

Issue

VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls)

Action

- Evening crime prevention safety walks
- Streetsafe pavement stencils and local business safety zones, advertised for awareness
- School talks for prevention and awareness

Issue

Theft of motor vehicle, theft from motor vehicle, disabled badge thefts

Action

- Victim care and prevention advice for blue badge thefts
- Unmarked patrolling targeting prolific areas
- Catalytic converter Met Trace marking roadshows
- Speed enforcement days
- Securing stolen vehicles
- ANPR (Automated Number Plate Recognition) operations

Issue

Drug dealing, possession offences, drug factories, drug dens, cuckooing

Action

- Proactive patrols of drug hotspots
- Identifying regular offenders
- Securing communal areas, vulnerable to ASB and environmental alterations to deter offenders
- Targeting wanted offenders for drug offences
- Knife arches at transport hubs
- Enforcing the PSPO

Upcoming Events

Cuppa with a Copper

An opportunity to have a Cuppa with your local Cops

Where: Costa Coffee, 102 High Street, Thornton Heath, CR7 8LF

When: 24 September 2025 at 12:00 - 24 September 2025 at 14:00

Cuppa with a Copper

An opportunity to have a Cuppa with your local Cops

Where: Costa Coffee, 102 High Street, Thornton Heath, CR7 8LF

When: 29 October 2025 at 12:00 - 29 October 2025 at 14:00

Cuppa with a Copper

An opportunity to have a Cuppa with your local Cops

Where: Costa Coffee, 102 High Street, Thornton Heath, CR7 8LF

When: 3 December 2025 at 12:00 - 3 December 2025 at 14:00