Old Dean - My Neighbourhood - Surrey Police

You Said... We Did

You said... you were concerned about illegal driving and riding of motor vehicles on heath land and woodland around the estate.
We responded... by carrying out patrols of the heath land with partner agencies.


You said... you were concerned about anti-social behaviour on Dean Parade.
We responded... by carrying out more regular patrols of the area at relevant times. We have since moved several youths on and given them words of advice about not playing football in this area.


You said... you were concerned about anti-social behaviour along Kings Ride late at night.
We responded... with more regular patrols of the area at relevant times.


You said... you were concerned about vehicles speeding through the estate.
We responded... by conducting a speed enforcement exercise in which more than ten cars were stopped for speeding within one hour. We will continue these exercises at regular intervals to clampdown on drivers failing to stick to the speed limit.


Poppyhills Community Garden needs YOUR help
Would you like to:
• grow your own fruit and vegetables?
• create a natural environment?
• be part of a community team?
• promote healthy eating?

We are looking for volunteers - with or without gardening experience - to make the Poppyhills Community Garden their own. This is an exciting project being set-up by Surrey Police in partnership with Surrey Heath Borough Council and Old Dean residents. We need your support to make this happen. For further details, please e-mail wsnt_sh_south@surrey.pnn.police.uk (for the attention of PCSO 13702 Bev Gosden).


Old Dean Football Club
AFC Old Dean is currently recruiting new members to the football club. They train every Wednesday evening between 7.00-9.00pm at Wimbledon Road Recreation Ground. Please contact Luke Phillips.


Neighbourhood Watch
If you are interested in setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in your street, please contact the Old Dean Safer Neighbourhood Team on 0845 125 2222.

Written by FIN: 13702

Illegal use of motorbikes
Having received several reports of motorcyclists using the heath land illegally in April, police have started to spend more time in the area in an attempt to catch the offenders.

Two males were caught riding motorbikes onto the heath in April and have both been issued with a Section 59 warning which means should they get caught riding in an anti-social manner within the next twelve months then their vehicles will be automatically seized.

During May we have several multi-agency exercises arranged so we will be spending more time on the heath land, especially at times when these nuisance motorbikes are mainly reported.


Anti-social behaviour: Old Dean shops and Berkshire Road
We are still receiving reports of youths hanging around the shop area, playing football and generally causing a nuisance there.

Firstly, there is no excuse for anyone to be playing football in this area as the lighter evenings are here and there are currently several goal posts in the Wimbledon Road recreation ground.

If this situation does not improve over the next month I will consider once again imposing a Section 30 order on the area. This will give police the power to move any group of two or more away. If they then return within 24 hours they will be arrested for breaching the order.


Anti-social behaviour along Kings Ride late at night
Unfortunately, I have started receiving reports of anti-social behaviour yet again occurring late at night along Kings Ride, Barossa Road and Old Dean Road.

Residents in these streets are quite rightly fed up with the behaviour of certain individuals who pass by, often intoxicated, late at night on the way home. Police will patrol these roads more frequently at the relevant times and anyone caught behaving in an anti-social manner - from the very minor offence of littering to the more serious offence of criminal damage - will be appropriately dealt with.

If you hear or see any anti-social behaviour occurring, please call police straight away. The sooner we can get there, the better chance we have of catching the offender.


Sentence imposed
Last year Daniel Dillon, who lives on the estate, was arrested for a burglary at Collingwood College. He recently appeared in court and pleaded guilty to committing the offence and was given a custodial sentence.


Wimbledon Road Recreation Ground Pavilion
We would like to thank all those young people from the estate who gave up their time during the Easter holidays to continue working on the revamp of the Pavilion. We were very impressed with their commitment and their ability to work as a team. The painting of the buildings has greatly improved the appearance of the rec. In future, anyone caught spraying graffiti on those buildings will be dealt with appropriately.


Easter Holiday programme success
We had a great turnout for the events held on the Wimbledon Road Recreation at Easter time, the music project being one of the most popular. The treasure hunt, sand bottles, icing biscuits and football classes were also well attended and enjoyed by all.

We would like to thank the Co-op and Spar from the Old Dean Parade for donating the Treasure Hunt prizes, also the Old Dean Bowling Club for providing lunch for the team involved in the project and for kindly allowing us to use their premises.

Written by FIN: 13702