Home and Personal Security

We are urging homeowners to protect their properties following several "creeper" burglaries across the district recently.
A creeper burglary is when thieves enter your home to steal valuables, including the keys to your car.

The following points will help protect your home. They are:
• Double lock with a key, front and back doors. Just lifting the handle up from the inside is not sufficient as the burglars can pop them open. The doors have to be locked with a key.
• Do not leave house/car keys in an area visible from the front door/letterbox, which could be fished out through the letterbox
• Do not leave house/car keys in an obvious place, such as by the front door, on kitchen worktops, in a key box. Put them elsewhere
•When you go to bed at night activite your alarm and zone it so the downstairs is alarmed if possible.
• Do not leave any valuables in the car
• If applicable, ensure that any tracking devices are activated on the vehicle
• Report any suspicious activity/persons/other vehicles around your vehicle or a neighbour who has a valuable car
• When going away for any length of time, ensure that your vehicle/house is checked by a neighbour, hide the keys, or disable the vehicle/put an obstacle in front of it.