Kenilworth Watch

Keep your property secure and guard against providing an opportunity for thieves and unlawful activity. As the holiday season has already started and given crimes have been reported in and around the town, this is our advice to residents and landowners across Kenilworth.

Householders 

Please ensure that your doors, gates, and side entrances are always locked and secure. Consider fitting anti-snap locks if you do not already have them fitted. 

Don’t leave valuables or any items on show in your vehicles, and this advice includes when your vehicle is parked at home and even on your private drive if you have one. 

If your vehicle has a keyless entry system, please ensure you switch off the key signal (if your key has that facility). If your keyless entry system cannot be switched off, please store the keys inside your home in a metal container to block the key signal.

If you have a garage or outbuildings, ensure they are secure with solid locks, braces and/or padlocks. An excellent method to ensure this is to look at your outbuilding, think you have lost your keys, and ask yourself how can I get in? If you find a way, then you can take action to close that way off with better security. 

Landowners

To prevent unlawful entry or activity on your land, please ensure that you have taken all reasonable steps to secure your property. Check fences are intact and in good order and that locked access points are robust and protect entrances effectively. 

Don’t leave machinery, vehicles and plant insecure or accessible on land or property. Please ensure all such equipment is immobilised as much as possible and that unauthorised vehicular access is not physically possible.

Opportunity

Most crimes and unlawful actions occur with the help of one key component, OPPORTUNITY. 

Without opportunity, offenders are often deterred as committing the intended offence or unlawful activity is too difficult.

The above sets out simple but effective steps we all have a responsibility to take and, by doing so, help ourselves avoid becoming the victims of crime or unlawful activity. 

Finally, if you see what you believe is a crime being committed, then dial 999 without delay. 

If you see something suspicious or have information that may be useful, then don’t hesitate to get in touch with Warwickshire Police by dialling 101 or report a crime via https://www.warwickshire.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/

Please be aware that overnight between Tuesday 30 May and Wednesday 31 May 2023 a white Ford Transit van has been stolen without keys from a property at Beauchamp Road, Kenilworth.

This is incident reference 0053 of 31 May 2023

If you think you may have seen or heard anything suspicious, have CCTV, Dashcam footage or any information about this incident please contact Warwickshire Police on 101 or alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

Please be aware that between 1500hrs and 2215hrs on Sunday 28 May 2023 offenders have stolen a black Mercedes GLC motor vehicle from the driveway a property on Warwick Road, Kenilworth.

This is Crime Reference 23/22602/23

If you think may have seen or heard anything suspicious, have any CCTV, dashcam footage or information about this crime please contact 101 or alternatively you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

A motor vehicle has been stolen off the drive of a property that was entered by offenders between 0215hrs and 0230hrs on Saturday 27 May 2023. A white coloured BMW 330 saloon was stolen and a set of vehicle keys from the property in Hermitage Way, Kenilworth are missing.

This is Crime Reference 23/22239/23

Two vehicles have been entered by offenders with loose change and items of jewellery stolen from one vehicle parked in Guy Road, Kenilworth with the incident happening between 1800hrs on Wednesday 24 May and 0800hrs on Thursday 25 May.

This is Crime Reference 23/21919/23

A second vehicle has been entered between 0945hrs on Saturday 27 May and 1130hrs on Sunday 28 May 2023. Although it is not clear how the offenders gained entry to the vehicle sunglasses, loose change and other items have been stolen. This vehicle was parked at Roseland Road, Kenilworth.

This is Crime Reference 23/22381/21

If you think you may have heard or seen anything suspicious, have CCTV or Dashcam footage or have any information about any of these crimes please contact Warwickshire Police on 101 or alternatively you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

Please be aware that between Friday 5 May and Tuesday 9 May 2023 offenders have entered a construction site off Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth by taking down an exterior security fence. Once inside they have stolen multiple items including 4 packs of timber for stud walling, three Cable Avoiding Tools (CAT scanners), a selection of power tools and have syphoned diesel fuel from several vehicles on site.

This is crime reference 23/19482/23

If you think you may have seen or heard anything suspicious, have any CCTV, dashcam footage or information about this crime please contact Warwickshire Police on 101 or alternatively you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111