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/
Kenilworth Watch 
A metal container may not block the car key signal. Use a Faraday pouch or wrap key AND spare with aluminium foil. Keep keys away from accessible property frontage.
Effectiveness of any shielding should be tested by holding shielded key next to the drivers door to ensure the car will not open.
We have pushed the message about the use of Faraday cages several times and while you are right in what you say please appreciate there is a limit to how much we can keep telling the public about this. We are trying our best and we will keep doing so but people have to embrace taking such steps and unfortunately there are still people out there that think “it won’t happen to me so I don’t need to do anything”.
Can you please advise me as to the reasons why I am unable to find Kenilworth and Warwick Rural Police page on Facebook. As a resident living in Kenilworth it is good to be able to know what is happening in my community and with Warwickshire Police being a PUBLIC SERVICE I have a right to access their pages.
Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/kenilworthandwarwickruralpolice
Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/kenilworthandwarwickruralpolice
Thank you. It’s very strange that I am able to access the page through the link but not on Facebook itself. I believe the Police to be a public service so I should be able to access their pages and make contact with them at anytime. For some strange reason I appear to be blocked and not allowed the right to comment on crimes happening in my local area. PC Brown/PC Jones and Sgt Bristow certainly have a lot to answer for.
Could you be so kind as to give me the contact details for whoever manages the social media pages for Kenilworth SNT. Thank you.
Thank you. Is PC Brown still working within Kenilworth SNT? If so is this the number that she is contactable on?
Thank you for your help. Is PC Brown still working for Warwickshire Police?
Thank you for your help Fraser. I will make contact with Warwickshire Police direct.
I am afraid all we can do is provide the SNT telephone number where you can leave a voicemail and officers will get back to you. 01926 684404
No PC Brown moved on some time ago. The SNT Officers for Kenilworth are PCSO Ricardo, PC Finch and PC Ganley