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BEWARE: Mobile phone thief on yellow OFO bike on East Dulwich Road

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bcam

bcam

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Beware this evening - there is a little scumbag on a stolen yellow OFO bike cruising East Dulwich Road trying to steal phones out of peoples hands.

I was walking past the petrol station and he cruised past me slowly looking back, then crossed the road, sped up and tried to snatch a phone out of a guys hand at the playpark traffic lights. Gave chase, but he got away down towards the Gowlett.

Black teenager, around 16/17 yo

Black hoodie pulled up

Black trackies

Black trainers


Tried calling 101 but with the carnival on.... no joy.


Be careful. Or be daring and knock him off his bike.....

alex_b

alex_b

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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> East Dulwich Road and roads off of it have always

> been dodgy.

>

> Crystal Palace Rd. Adys Rd. Gowlett Rd. All dodgy

> after dark. and even during the day.

> Too many cut throughs and places to disappear.


That?s ridiculous, we?re on Adys and it?s absolutely fine. As is Crystal Palace Rd. Also with car parked both sides, plenty of street trees and regular traffic I?d have thought getting to pedestrins on these roads would be tough.

rendelharris

rendelharris

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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> East Dulwich Road and roads off of it have always

> been dodgy.

>

> Crystal Palace Rd. Adys Rd. Gowlett Rd. All dodgy

> after dark. and even during the day.

> Too many cut throughs and places to disappear.

>

>

> DulwichFox


Sorry Fox but you've got a hangup about this, they're no worse than any other parts of ED. Take a look at the Met's regional crime maps and you'll see.


On another note, those hire bikes are a bloody nuisance and the sooner they're banned the better. Fortunately it looks as though they might be gone soon anyway: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/25/mobike-no-more-dockless-bikes-could-soon-be-gone-from-uk-streets

NewWave

NewWave

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rendelharris Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > East Dulwich Road and roads off of it have

> always

> > been dodgy.

> >

> > Crystal Palace Rd. Adys Rd. Gowlett Rd. All

> dodgy

> > after dark. and even during the day.

> > Too many cut throughs and places to disappear.

>

> >

> >

> > DulwichFox

>

> Sorry Fox but you've got a hangup about this,

> they're no worse than any other parts of ED. Take

> a look at the Met's regional crime maps and you'll

> see.

>

> On another note, those hire bikes are a bloody

> nuisance and the sooner they're banned the better.

> Fortunately it looks as though they might be gone

> soon anyway:

> https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/25/mo

> bike-no-more-dockless-bikes-could-soon-be-gone-fro

> m-uk-streets



Yes those OFO bikes seem to have become the preferred transport of dodgy youth who haven't got their paws on a moped yet-

The other day of Rye Lane I got circled by some youths on OFO bikes, they hesitated when I stopeed at a busy bus stop, nodded to each other and headed down a side street

Sue

Sue

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FFS.


This is London.


I walk alone late at night all round here.


It's fine. As with anywhere at night, or indeed during the day, you have to be aware of what's going on around you.


If you don't want to do that, go and live in the middle of nowhere, or else live in London and never venture out of your house.


FFS. Again :))


ETA: In case it's not obvious, this is in answer to alarmist posts on here ....

savvygirl

savvygirl

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Yesterday I saw one of these bikes propped against a wall on the corner of Wood Vale and Lordship Lane. Where are these yellow bikes picked up from? Is it the local train stations? Are they really needed in an area where transport links are so good? These bikes are manna from heaven for unscrupulous little g*ts!
savvygirl

savvygirl

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The Chinese are obviously far more respectful. It's probably to do with upbringing and clearly knowing right from wrong. It does say on the OFO website "leave OFO bikes anywhere that traditional bike parking is allowed"! In this case obviously against someone's garden wall!
Sue

Sue

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bcam Wrote:

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> My original post wasn?t alarmist. It was warning

> people of an incident literally 20 minutes

> beforehand in case it happened again.


I didn't mean you!


I meant people saying whole areas round here were dangerous!


You can get mugged anywhere, it's bad luck but it doesn't mean everybody should always avoid that area forever.

rendelharris

rendelharris

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savvygirl Wrote:

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> The Chinese are obviously far more respectful.

> It's probably to do with upbringing and clearly

> knowing right from wrong.


And nothing to do with the fear engendered by living in a militarised dictatorship, I'm sure.

JohnL

JohnL

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joom Wrote:

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> There are millions of abandoned ?share bikes? in

> China...

> https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2018/ma

> y/01/unexpected-beauty-china-bicycle-graveyards-sh

> are-bikes-in-pictures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other



Oh wow - I suppose they abandon them in artful poses then :)


Back on topic - I'm going to keep my eye out - I'm a bit careless walking home late. I've had a few encounters that I've just dismissed but maybe I was lucky.

ocharsley

ocharsley

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Safe ??

>

> See attached photo to see why I still get scared

> around here.

>

> Fox

>

> ETA I was knocked unconscious, Robbed, and left

> for dead.

> And it's getting a lot worse



This is horrendous - when did this happen?

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