Walton Central

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) is a priority across the Borough. ASB can have a significant impact on local communities and includes behaviour that causes harassment, alarm or distress. We encourage residents to report any incidents they witness. Your local policing team will work alongside partner organisations to identify issues, take action where appropriate, and help keep our neighbourhoods safe.

Ongoing engagement has been carried out with Walton BID, The Heart Shopping Centre and partner agencies regarding ASB, shoplifting concerns and enforcement opportunities under the town-centre PSPO.
Neighbourhood officers have continued patrols and problem-solving activity within Walton Town Centre, which remains identified as a hotspot patrol location and neighbourhood priority area.

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains a key borough-wide priority. Encompassing a broad range of offences and harmful behaviours committed primarily, though not exclusively, by men against women and girls, VAWG requires a coordinated response. Local officers will work in partnership with relevant agencies to identify and pursue offenders, reduce risk, and improve safety in areas where women and girls report feeling vulnerable or unsafe.

During the Summer we organised a range of opportunities for women across the borough to engage directly with officers, gain insight into how we are tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), and raise awareness of the support and initiatives available.

Dedicated patrols are being conducted within the night-time economy, including the deployment of specially trained Behavioural Detection Officers to identify and deter predatory behaviour.

Enhanced licensing visits are taking place across the borough, alongside the promotion of safeguarding initiatives such as Ask Angela, ensuring staff are equipped to support those who may feel vulnerable or at risk.

We are working closely with local event organisers to promote and deliver VAWG Safe events, helping to create safer environments and improve confidence among women and girls attending community events.

Drug-related harm has a significant impact on our communities. We will target organised crime groups and county lines networks that exploit vulnerable people and children, while taking proactive action to reduce associated violence.

Local officers will gather intelligence, disrupt criminal activity, and use appropriate enforcement and safeguarding powers to protect those at risk of exploitation, helping to keep our communities safe.

Officers continue to tackle drug-related harm in Walton through targeted enforcement, intelligence-led operations and partnership working. Recent warrants and multi-agency operations have led to arrests, drug seizures and the disruption of organised criminality. We remain committed to safeguarding vulnerable people, reducing exploitation and making Walton a safer place to live, work and visit.

As part of our autumn and winter burglary campaign, neighbourhood officers will increase high-visibility patrols in burglary hotspots and areas affected by Serious Acquisitive Crime (SAC). Working closely with local residents and partners, officers will use intelligence-led policing to identify and target offenders, provide reassurance to communities, and support victims through crime prevention advice and property marking initiatives aimed at reducing repeat offending.

Burglary

The Elmbridge Burglary Working Group have brought together key partners from across the borough, including Surrey Police, Network Rail, British Transport Police, private security companies, and residents' associations.

The group's priorities for 2026/27 are to:

•Reduce the number of burglary victims across Elmbridge.
•Increase public confidence in Surrey Police, residents' associations, private security partners, and Network Rail.
•Dedicated high-visibility and covert burglary patrols targeting identified hotspot locations to deter offending, disrupt criminal activity, and provide reassurance to local communities

Partnership working is having a positive impact. Burglary offences across Elmbridge were 20% lower in 2025 compared with 2024. As part of the 2025/26 Burglary Campaign, 13 offenders have been arrested, with 6 subsequently charged.

Vehicle Crime
We know that a significant proportion of vehicle crime involves vehicles being left unlocked. To help raise awareness, we have purchased a number of large roadside signs which will be moved around the borough to highlight this issue. Please help protect yourself from becoming a victim by:

• Locking your vehicle, even when parked outside your home.
• Removing valuables from sight.
• Ensuring windows and sunroofs are fully closed.

A few simple steps can make a significant difference in preventing vehicle crime.

Residents can expect to see a greater Police presence in Town Centres, with officers deployed to hotspot locations identified through data and intelligence. These patrols are designed to prevent and disrupt crime and anti-social behaviour, including shop theft, street theft and assaults against retail staff, while providing reassurance and increasing public confidence in local policing.

During the summer, Surrey Police deployed its Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van in Walton as part of ongoing efforts to tackle retail crime, anti-social behaviour and drug-related offences. Officers have also worked with Elmbridge Borough Council to improve CCTV coverage within retail areas and have promoted the DISC reporting platform through Walton BID to strengthen intelligence sharing and crime reporting among local retailers.

Officers continue to engage with businesses to identify concerns, encourage reporting and develop measures to make Walton town centre safer for businesses, employees and visitors.