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Burglary other
Sometime between 0800hrs and 1600hrs on Thursday 19th February unknown offenders have entered St Peter's Church in Kineton and broken into the vestry and gained access to the safe within. They have then stolen a large amount of silver items and a quantity of cash. APPEAL FOR WITNESSES. Call 02476 483432 and quote Incident number: 20090219-0375. Crime number S/09/1976.
On 22nd February 2009 between the hours of 0300 and 0500 three to four offenders were disturbed inside the village Post Office and stores in Marston Avenue, Lighthorne Heath. The offenders gained entry via the front doors and have stolen a quantity of items. Previously on 20th February unknown offender/s have tampered with electrical wiring contained in two manhole covers on the pavement outside the stores. APPEAL FOR WITNESSES. Call 02476 483432 and quote Incident number: 20090222-0140. Crime number: S/09/2096.
Damage
Between 2100hrs and 2145hrs on Friday 20th February unknown offender/s have smashed a window to a property in Southam Street, Kineton and have left the scene in an unknown direction. Incident number: 20090220-0665. Crime number: S/09/2028.
At an unknown time on Monday 23rd February a vehicle has been scratched whilst it had been parked at Lighthorne Heath Primary School, Stratford Road. Incident number: 20090223-0083. Crime number: S/09/2122.
At an unknown time on Monday 23rd February a vehicle has been scratched whilst it had been parked at Lighthorne Heath Primary School, Stratford Road. Incident number: 20090223-0083. Crime number: S/09/2122.
Damage to a boundary hedge at a property in Mordaunt Road, Wellesbourne has occurred on Tuesday 24th February, sometime after 2330hrs. Incident 20090225-0196.
Between the hours of 1800 04/03/09 & 0745 05/03/09, unknown offender/s have broken a perspex window of a playshed within the grounds of Kineton Primary School. Incident number: 20090305-0260 Crime number: S/09/2595.
Between the hours of 1800 04/03/09 & 0745 05/03/09, unknown offender/s have broken a perspex window of a playshed within the grounds of Kineton Primary School. Incident number: 20090305-0260 Crime number: S/09/2595.
Theft of vehicle.
Between 1900hrs Monday 23rd February and 0900hrs Tuesday 24th unknown offenders have stolen a Green ARCTIC CAT Quad bike and a Silver LOGIC Quad bike Trailer from an address near Moreton Morrell. Offender/s have also taken a large quantity of diesel from two tractors at the site. Incident number: 20090224-0126. Crime number: S/09/2180.
Burglary (dwelling)
Between the hours of 0800 & 2055 03/03/2009, unknown offender/s entered a property in St.Peters Rd, Kineton and stolen items of jewellary. Incident number: 20090303-0509 Crime number: S/09/2534
Between the hours of 0800 & 1500 04/03/2009, unknown offender/s gained entry through a rear window of a propery in St.Giles Rd, Gaydon. Offender/s have searched the property and stolen a number of items including an Xbox, Nintendo WII. Incident number: 20090304-0357 Crime numbe: S/09/2567
Speed Camera Enforcement.
During February the Camera Enforcement Officers have also conducted speed checks in Kineton Road, Wellesbourne on 7 separate occasions and have further dates allocated in the near future.
Please be aware of Bogus Callers.
It's a common scenario: somebody knocks on your door and tells you their car has broken down, and asks to use your phone to call the recovery service. Whilst inside your home, they distract you and steal your belongings.The only problem? It's a scam.
VARIATIONS ON THE THEME.
There are dozens of scams like this in operation at any given time. There's the 'ran out of petrol and left my wallet at home' scam. The 'my mother's sick and I need money for a cab' scam. The list is as endless as the human imagination.
Scamsters can be endlessly creative. Pushing their cars up the street, for example, and stopping passers-by asking for cash for petrol. Then getting in their perfectly working cars and driving away.
DISTRACTION BURGLARY.
The more dangerous and complex scams involve people pretending to be from utilities companies and asking for access to homes.
There are around 12,000 reported incidents of 'distraction burglary' every year - when callers get into a person's home through false pretences, and then steal cash or valuables while the home-owner is distracted.
They often work in pairs - with one person distracting the resident while the other is rifling through their belongings.
BE CAUTIOUS.
When a stranger rings your bell, be cautious. Don't let anybody in unless you are expecting them. Representatives of the water, gas and electric companies rarely make house calls without appointments.
If there is a real gas or water emergency, police and firefighters are likely to be present.
THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO HELP ENSURE YOU DON'T BECOME A VICTIM:
1. Talk to people through the door, rather than opening it when they knock
2. Ask who they are before opening the door, then keep the door on the chain until you've seen their identification
3. Make sure your back door is closed and locked before answering your front door - thieves have been known to work in pairs, with one entering through the back while the other knocks on the front door
4. Ask for identification
5. If anybody comes to your door for legitimate purposes, they will have an I.D. card from the organisation they represent. Before you even speak to them, ask to see it, and keep the door on the chain while you look it over.
If you need glasses in order to read the card, close and lock the door before going to get them. NEVER leave the door open and unattended.
LOCK, STOP, CHAIN, CHECK.
The Government's Lock, Stop, Chain, Check campaign provides more security information for dealing with bogus callers.
To learn more, contact your local council, social services office or Age Concern centre. They can advise you on installing door viewers, chains and personal alarms, all of which can make you safer when a stranger calls.
When a stranger rings your bell, be cautious. Don't let anybody in unless you are expecting them. Representatives of the water, gas and electric companies rarely make house calls without appointments.
If there is a real gas or water emergency, police and firefighters are likely to be present.
THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO HELP ENSURE YOU DON'T BECOME A VICTIM:
1. Talk to people through the door, rather than opening it when they knock
2. Ask who they are before opening the door, then keep the door on the chain until you've seen their identification
3. Make sure your back door is closed and locked before answering your front door - thieves have been known to work in pairs, with one entering through the back while the other knocks on the front door
4. Ask for identification
5. If anybody comes to your door for legitimate purposes, they will have an I.D. card from the organisation they represent. Before you even speak to them, ask to see it, and keep the door on the chain while you look it over.
If you need glasses in order to read the card, close and lock the door before going to get them. NEVER leave the door open and unattended.
LOCK, STOP, CHAIN, CHECK.
The Government's Lock, Stop, Chain, Check campaign provides more security information for dealing with bogus callers.
To learn more, contact your local council, social services office or Age Concern centre. They can advise you on installing door viewers, chains and personal alarms, all of which can make you safer when a stranger calls.
Sheds and outbuildings
~Most sheds are inherently weak, so do not to store valuable items of property in them.
~Ideally, sheds and garages should be connected to the house alarm, but if this cannot be achieved, suitable battery operated alarms are available from the Police Station at a low cost.
~Always lock your shed
~Fit a good quality padlock. Ensure the hasp is bolted through the shed and into a steel plate. Secure up-and-over garage doors with padlocks through the inside runners, or fit a padlock (with hasp and staple) to either side of the door.
~Remember it is items that are easily carried off that are most popular with thieves who get into your shed. These ought to be locked away in a secure cabinet and marked with a house number and postcode. Consider having lockable steel boxes fitted to the floor to store your tools
~Larger items can be shackled together with a bike chain or similar. Similarly high value items such as bicycles and lawn mowers should be shackled together, ideally to the fabric of the building or to a metal post cemented into the ground.
Research shows that thieves often take tools such as ladders and spades, from a garage or shed, to help them break into a house. Ladders ought to be secured to a secure fixture. A spade can be shackled to another larger item through its handle.
Try to site your shed within view
Visibly mark all removable items with your postcode and house number. Or use ultra violet marker pens available free of charge from the Police Station for this purpose.
Replace ordinary screws on outbuilding doors with non-return screws or coach bolts. Glue, smeared over the heads of screws, may stop the thief from unscrewing them.
~Make a note of make/model/serial number of tools and bicycles
~Obscure the window of your shed/garage to prevent thieves seeing what you have inside
~Consider joining your local Neighbourhood Watch (01926 415716)
Remember all stolen goods are sold on. There is a lucrative market for items such as these.
Don't Buy Crime - it is an offence - punishable by a prison sentence - to buy goods that you know to be or suspect to be stolen.
Your bargain may be someone else's loss - Crime cannot flourish in a community that cares.
If you know of someone dealing stolen goods. Call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Your bargain may be someone else's loss - Crime cannot flourish in a community that cares.
If you know of someone dealing stolen goods. Call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Check Your Outbuilding Security.....
Police advise to check your outbuilding security after several thefts in south Warwickshire
Warwickshire Police are advising that people check the security of their outbuildings after several thefts from stables, barns and sheds have been reported.
Since February 1, police have received approximately twelve reports of items being stolen from outbuildings and also of attempted break-ins. Every break-in or attempted break-in that has been reported has involved bolts being forced from doors. The padlocks were not broken, but the surrounding metal and the bolts were broken away from the door.
Overnight between Sunday February 22 and Monday February 23, a Stihl saw worth £3350 and two chain saws worth £200 were stolen from a shed on the Fosseway near to Chesterton.
Between February 19 and 22nd, locks were cut from two stable blocks at Offchurch Road, Hunningham and two hedge trimmers and a chain saw were stolen.
A workshop was broken into on the Fosseway near to Radford Semele overnight, February 20 and 21. Nothing was stolen.
Warwickshire Police are advising that people check the security of their outbuildings after several thefts from stables, barns and sheds have been reported.
Since February 1, police have received approximately twelve reports of items being stolen from outbuildings and also of attempted break-ins. Every break-in or attempted break-in that has been reported has involved bolts being forced from doors. The padlocks were not broken, but the surrounding metal and the bolts were broken away from the door.
Overnight between Sunday February 22 and Monday February 23, a Stihl saw worth £3350 and two chain saws worth £200 were stolen from a shed on the Fosseway near to Chesterton.
Between February 19 and 22nd, locks were cut from two stable blocks at Offchurch Road, Hunningham and two hedge trimmers and a chain saw were stolen.
A workshop was broken into on the Fosseway near to Radford Semele overnight, February 20 and 21. Nothing was stolen.
At a farm in Offchurch, padlocks were forced on garages and a petrol powered orange and silver strimmer was stolen between 8pm and 11.15 pm on February 18. A Stihl brush cutter was also stolen.
Three sheds were broken into and a chain saw and hedge cutter were stolen from a house in Offchurch recently (date unknown).
At a farm near to Long Compton a quad bike and a beach buggy strimmer were reported stolen on February 18.
At a farm near to Knightcote, someone has removed a load from a tractor parked against a barn door, released the handbrake of the tractor to get to a barn door. The reinforced metal clamp on the barn was forced and a Kawasaki quad bike was stolen. The theft occurred between February 12 and 13.
At Moreton Morrell a quad bike was stolen between February 10 and 11 after someone forced their way into a stable.
Police advise owners of outbuildings and sheds to check their security and reinforce any weakness that is spotted. It is also advised to mark all items for identification purposes, to help police return goods to owners when police recover items after they have been stolen.
Three sheds were broken into and a chain saw and hedge cutter were stolen from a house in Offchurch recently (date unknown).
At a farm near to Long Compton a quad bike and a beach buggy strimmer were reported stolen on February 18.
At a farm near to Knightcote, someone has removed a load from a tractor parked against a barn door, released the handbrake of the tractor to get to a barn door. The reinforced metal clamp on the barn was forced and a Kawasaki quad bike was stolen. The theft occurred between February 12 and 13.
At Moreton Morrell a quad bike was stolen between February 10 and 11 after someone forced their way into a stable.
Police advise owners of outbuildings and sheds to check their security and reinforce any weakness that is spotted. It is also advised to mark all items for identification purposes, to help police return goods to owners when police recover items after they have been stolen.
Theft
Between 27th & 28th February 2009 offenders have removed 100 ltrs of Diesel from Red Road Nursery, Kineton. Incident number: 20090228-0374 Crime number: S/09/2373
