Warning: Car parts thief operating in East Dulwich area

[dulwicheye1]

police do nothing regarding muggings house burglaries car theft and i mean they do nothing ...please some one tell me if i am wrong...and the police did some hard work to catch the crooks. But you dont pay your parking ticket God help you...tell me in east dulwich the lost crime the police arrested the crooks ???

[Pugwash]

Local police gradually build up a 'profile' of where crimes are being committed and have in the past done plain clothes surveillance. Some crime in ED decreased following arrests and imprisonment of offender(s). Some types of crimes are 'specialties' of certain criminals and police can often identify the person(s) involved - frequently they can pin point them to recently released prisoners. This is why it is important to report such incidences to your local Neighbourhood Police Team.

[apbremer]

I wonder why the police bother since the courts hand out such pathetic sentences.

[UptownDully21To22]

Shout me for dem Catalyctic converters going cheap still

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

I'm a police sceptic but the last two times I've reported something (burglary in progress and suspicious men in car refusing to leave private land) the police responded very effectively. Other people's experiences may differ.

[malumbu]

Sadly if it's valuable it will be nicked. Church roofs and lead when I was a kid. Things can be done to try to control the scrap metal market but there will always be ways and means. Nicking the copper cable from overhead lines, when live, shows how much money can be made. On a lighter touch I had a car once which provided spare parts for someone with the same model. They nicked the four plastic wheel trims, but as one was damaged then took a further one when I replaced them. And then the passenger side mirror - didn't even realise you could prise that off. I had a wheel taken once from another car, but they kindly left it on another wheel they just happened to have on them, so thanks for not letting it fall on its axle. A bonnet. And once a battery. All of these being pretty low value so not the organised gangs that take the catalysts.

[LostMobile]

Bastards have cut away the catalytic converter of our car parked on intersection of Fellbrigg and Whateley Road on around 8 Jan.

[Fitzgeraldo]

Another car crime

Last evening at around 7.00 pm my wife heard a loud noise outside. Looking through the window she saw 3 men around our car. I ran out and challenged them (perhaps rather stupidly as I am no longer in the first flush of youth) and a man in a mask (white, aged around 35) said that he was affixing a clamp because my car was untaxed. A slim man emerged from under my vehicle and another stood the other side. Knowing that my car was taxed I shouted at my wife to call the police whereupon the 3 men rushed away (carrying my catalytic converter) into nearby Marsden road and tore off in a small dark car at high speed, almost knocking a Deliveroo bloke off his bike.

They used (I believe) a small jack with a drill to screw it up and an angle grinder to cut off the exhaust pipe. The angle grinder I assume made the noise that alerted my wife. The whole procedure cannot have taken more than a few minutes.

The sheer audacity of doing this at 7.00 pm outside our house in a fairly busy, well-lit street amazes me. Several people must have seen them. The police did not put in an appearance but in fairness the perpetrators had long gone.

I'm posting this to alert other local residents to be vigilant and to enquire as to there were any witnesses. If so, have a word with the local police.

[brezzo]

Sorry to hear this, same happened to us in Herne Hill last year. We have a 20year old polo. Reported to local police and car reg, they later told us vehicle had been stolen