Violence Related Robbery
Crime statistics have shown that there has been an increase in street robberies in the Tooting High Street particurly towards Tooting Bec Station.

Op Kenny has been created and will be focused on the Tooting area. They are a team of officers who are dedicated to preventing and tackling violent crime in the area which does include Robbery and knife enabled crime. Op Kenny officers work closely with the Tooting Bec Safer Neighbourhood Team, which involves using gathered intelligence so we can focus our proactive patrols in hot spot areas. Patrols are conducted in plain clothes, to better identify any suspects committing these offences and hi-visibility to deter any criminality in the area. The team have recently been involved in Community Engagement around Tooting Bec Station

Vehicle crime is being committed in specific areas where a large number of vehicles are parked, this includes roads and streets around Tooting Bec Station. Common offences being committed are theft from vehicles and theft of vehicles. Due to the high number of take away restaurants in the area, we have seen an increase in moped delivery drivers being tergeted.

During our shift we regularly conduct hi-visibility patrols in areas around Tooting Bec Station. We have a good relationship with local shops and organisations where we have meetings with managers so that we are kept up to date with any issues that they have been made aware of. Positive outcomes from these meetings include Wandsworth council deploying a temporary CCTV to a specific road to deter anyone looking to commit crime. There have also been discussions with the council around lighting and further CCTVs to make the area safer for the public. We will continue to monitor the situation through our reports and remind the public to follow crime prevention advice around keeping your vehicle safe.

Regular complaints from residents regarding Tooting Bec as having high footfall due to the tube station and High street. Due to this we are aware there is a problem with begging, rough sleeping, shoplifting, rowdy behaviour from licenced premises and drug dealing, this is across the ward and not specific to any certain area. These concerns are regularly raised to use in our ward panel meetings.

As part of the Summer 2025 crime plan, we are dedicated to reducing ASB in the area. Our team have been involved in Op Zoridon, which involved executing 11 warrants in the area to target venues who are suspected of buying stolen goods from shoplifters. This has helped us tackle retain crime by removing easy opportunities for shoplifters to make quick and easy sales. Money from these sales helps individuals fund drug addictions, so as a consequence of these warrant it was used to reduce the drug use in the ward. When tackling begging and rough sleepers we have been working closely with our partners in the council to engage with vulnerable individuals who can be referred to other services to support them in receiving housing opportunities. If you have any information that can help us tackle drug dealing or retail crime in the area then please remember to report your information to crime stoppers.