Brompton and Hans Town

ROBBERY:

To reduce knife-enabled watch robberies in the streets surrounding Brompton Road and Sloane Street.

This can be measured by the number of such crimes reported to police.

This can be achieved by operations targeting robbery hotspot areas, high-visibility foot and cycle patrols, targeted use of stop and search tactics, and target hardening - crime prevention advice and engagement via social media.

This issue has historically been prevalent across AW BCU, and previous years have seen the number of offences rising in the warmer summer months, when victim's watches are more likely to be visible. A number of these offences have received viral coverage on social media, and this type of crime continues to be a matter of concern for Ward Panel members.

This will be measured and reviewed at the next Ward Panel meeting (every three months).

Proactive and plain clothes operations have been carried out across the AW BCU involving officers from specialist police units, which have resulted in the arrest of a number of suspects for watch robbery offences.

Officers have also been running regular crime prevention stands, such as the 'Look up, look out' campaign.

To reduce Theft From Motor Vehicle offences in Hans Place, Egerton Gardens and Lowndes Square.

This can be measured by the number of such crimes reported to police in these areas.

This can be achieved by high-visibility foot and cycle patrols, plain-clothes deployments in conjunction with pursuit-trained units, targeted use of stop and search tactics, and target hardening through crime prevention advice via social media/leaflet drops and working with RBKandC Council to install signage/CCTV on affected streets.

The number of these type of offences has previously peaked over the winter months, leading up to and following on from Christmas. Crime figures show that levels of this type of crime had reduced on the ward by around 50% since Winter 2023, however it is still one of the most prevalent offences on the ward, and recently in February and March 2025 there was a marked increase in these crimes. This concern is shared by Ward Panel members.

This will be measured and reviewed at the next Ward Panel meeting (every three months).

Proactive patrols carried out over the past 12 months as part of Op LUBBOCHI, and more recently intelligence-led patrols linked to a prolific suspect for these offences, who was arrested in March.

Crime prevention leaflets have been given out to vehicle owners, as well as crime prevention stands being run on the ward.

To reduce residential burglary offences occurring across the ward – no current repeat hotspot locations.

This can be measured by the number of such crimes reported to police in these areas.

This can be achieved by high-visibility foot and cycle patrols, targeted use of stop and search tactics, and target hardening through effective use of cocooning visits, crime prevention advice via social media and face-to-face community engagement events.

This number of these type of offences has previously risen over the summer months, when some homes are unoccupied with people away on holiday, and windows left open due to warmer weather. Historically this type of crime also tends to increase in the months leading up to Christmas.

This will be measured and reviewed at the next Ward Panel meeting (every three months).

Burglary crime prevention ('cocooning') visits carried out to each victim of residential burglary, as well as to neighbouring properties.

Regular crime prevention stands have also been run on the ward.