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Category Archives: Knife crime
Air ambulance flies in after knife fight at Therapia tram stop
The London Air Ambulance flew in to deal with a victim of a knife fight which began on a tram or near the tram stop at Therapia Lane on Sunday afternoon. A teenager was treated for a shoulder wound, an … Continue reading
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Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Tramlink
Tagged British Transport Police, Croydon Tramlink, Therapia Lane
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Met Police suffers £1bn ‘daylight robbery’ from Tories
The capital is being “ludicrously short-changed” by the anti-London Tory government, after it received as much as four times less funding from the government’s Safer Streets scheme than smaller regions of the country with lesser amounts of crime, according to … Continue reading
Police receive complaint after Wellesley Road #BLM incident
Croydon Police are dealing with a complaint after a violent incident on Wellesley Road on Friday in which a young black man was chased and restrained by at least eight officers after a brief chase. The Police say that no … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Metropolitan Police, Superintendent Andy Brittain, Wellesley Road
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Police are ‘enduring a challenging period’ during lockdown
Croydon’s police are “enduring a challenging period”, and face a busy weekend with officers being deployed in central London for tomorrow’s Black Lives Matter demonstration, as well as two similar events planned in the borough itself. That’s according to a … Continue reading
Responding to violence, Met Police, Town Hall, Feb 25
Posted in Craig Knight, Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Craig Knight, Croydon, Croydon Council, knife crime, Metropolitan Police
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Mayor’s millions helping Palace Foundation tackle youth crime
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, visited Selhurst Park yesterday to see for himself some of the impact the investment of public money from the Mayor’s Young Londoners’ Fund is having through mentoring schemes and school holiday activities at Crystal … Continue reading
‘It’s like Rotherham’: MP Reed calls for urgent action on SPAC
Croydon North MP Steve Reed is to raise in Parliament this week his growing concerns about a lack of police action over mounting complaints about the activities of SPAC Nation, the cult-like church which featured in a BBC Panorama documentary … Continue reading
25 arrests made in South Norwood in police dawn raid
The police made 25 arrests in early morning raids yesterday on what the Met described as “seven commercial premises” along South Norwood High Street and Portland Road, “targeting those believed to be involved in gang activity, drug supply and violence”, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Dave Stringer, Knife crime, Policing, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged Dave Stringer, Metropolitan Police, South Norwood, Woodside
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South Norwood police meeting leaves public feeling anxious
The latest ransacking of the Croydon FC clubhouse came just days after the police in South Norwood, together with the local MP and Croydon Council’s cabinet member for community safety, staged a meeting intended at rebuilding confidence in the local … Continue reading
Community meetings and forms as council tests public mood
How safe do you feel in Croydon today? Recent tragic and traumatising events across the borough have led the council to seek the views of the public on the level of tension in Croydon and its suburbs. This urgent check … Continue reading
Community safety meeting, South Norwood, Jul 19
Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Hamida Ali, Knife crime, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood
Tagged Hamida Ali, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood
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Former colleagues express worries over new Croydon director
The real reasons for the abrupt resignation of a leader of a London council were part of a local authority ‘cover-up’. KEN LEE reports on serious reservations expressed by Labour councillors and Camden staff over the past conduct of the … Continue reading
Jobs for the gals! Newman hands £100,000 job to Blairite pal
It’s not what you know, but who you know when it comes to some top-level jobs at Croydon Council, as KEN LEE reports Tensions between Croydon Council’s senior paid officials and the Town Hall’s Labour leadership threaten to break out … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jo Negrini, Julian Ellerby, Knife crime, Paula Murray, Sarah Hayward, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Sarah Hayward, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, youth knife crime
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Community meeting on knife crime, New Addington, Jul 1
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, New Addington, New Addington North
Tagged knife crime, New Addington
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Labour warns that education cuts threaten knife crime work
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner and Croydon MP Sarah Jones have warned that funding cuts to colleges and schools in Croydon risk jeopardising the good work being done in the borough to tackle knife crime. The Labour MPs met staff … Continue reading
Meet the council’s Gangs Team workshop, CVA, Jun 20
Croydon’s gangs team, part of the council’s youth offending service, is hosting a Meet The Gangs Team event at Croydon Voluntary Action next month. The meeting is part of the Choose Your Future campaign which works against serious youth violence … Continue reading
Cut It Out 2019 football tournament, Selhurst Park, May 25
Posted in Activities, Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Knife crime
Tagged Crystal Palace FC, Cut It Out 2019, Selhurst Park
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21 youngsters treated daily by A&E after violence, survey finds
The description of the rise of knife crime on our streets as an “epidemic” has been backed up by a report, published today, which shows hospitals across the country treating as many as 21 young victims of violence every day, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Knife crime, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged knife crime, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, youth knife crime
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Central Parade shop fined £6,000 for under-age knife sales
There’s little surprise that Croydon might have a “knife crime problem”, when established businesses think little of the consequences of flogging sets of deadly blades to kids. The council’s trading standards this week brought a successful prosecution at Croydon Magistrates … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Knife crime, New Addington
Tagged knife crime, New Addington, Trading Standards
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Police conduct borough-wide stop and search operation
Croydon police yesterday embarked on a borough-wide stop and search operation in its latest efforts to clamp down on knife crime. In doing so, the police managed to revive memories of “Operation Swamp”, the overbearing exercise which alienated police from … Continue reading
Knife crime charity says lack of council support is ‘shame’
A leading figure in a high-profile charity set up to counter knife crime in Croydon has repeated claims that their organisation has been “unsupported” by the council. Monique Ribeiro is the mother of Eliza Ribeiro, who founded Lives Not Knives … Continue reading
