Garages and Sheds - All areas

As we approach the brighter nights and the gardening season the local police and Community Safety Partnership would like to remind residents of a few simple crime prevention techniques that can help deter criminals and help prevent thefts from garden sheds and garages.

By following a few simple steps you may be able to avoid becoming a victim of this sort of crime;

✜ Ensure you always lock your shed or garage

✜ On sheds use a Hasp lock (this is a plate that covers retaining screws)

✜ Fit curtains or blinds to your shed or garage to stop persons looking in.

✜ Consider coverage of your shed or garage by a censored light.

✜ Make sure all property in your shed or garage is properly marked (postcode and house number).

✜ Consider fitting a portable PIR alarm (less than £15 from any DIY store) or one linked to your house alarm.

✜ Make sure all ladders and tools that could assist the criminal are locked away securely.

Help to make your community safer, and deter criminals by securing your property, by reporting suspicious activity promptly to police, and by demonstrating that you are switched on to crime prevention