Author: Fraser Pithie

KENILWORTH HOUSEHOLDERS are being praised for getting behind an innovative new scheme that aims to help residents and their local police prevent crime but also help detect crime more efficiently. In the first week of a new CCTV registration scheme over 25 Kenilworth householders who have CCTV have signed up.

The CCTV register works by using online mapping which enables Kenilworth Watch to review where any CCTV is situated in relation to the location of an incident.

“The CCTV register saves our police service hours and hours of trying to look and find out where any CCTV is located. The more residents that join the CCTV register the more we can help save hours of police time locating CCTV.” a Kenilworth Watch spokesperson said.

The system, which has been developed specifically for Kenilworth, is unique across Warwickshire. All householders data is secure, meets GDPR regulations and there is no direct access to householders CCTV involved.

“We are really pleased that in less than a week we already have over 25 households from all over parts of our town signed up to the register. What we’d like is to get all CCTV signed up so we can provide the best possible service to support our police teams and also send out a message to criminals that coming to Kenilworth is a bad idea because we are a united as a community when it comes to preventing and detecting crime.

We’d encourage anyone that has CCTV and who has only just heard of the scheme or who has yet to register to do so now.” a Kenilworth Watch spokesperson added.

More information for those that wish to register CCTV please click on this link:

How you can help deliver a step change in crime prevention and detection in Kenilworth

Please be aware that between midnight and 0900hrs on Tuesday 14 January 2020 offenders have forced off the lock on a front door of a property at Hodgetts Lane, Burton Green, Kenilworth. The door was damaged but no access was gained to the property.
This is incident 88 of 14 January 2020
If you think you may have seen or heard anything suspicious or have any information about this incident then please contact Warwickshire Police on 101 or alternatively call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

Please be aware that between 1815hrs and 1945hrs on Friday 10 January 2020 offenders have stolen a laptop computer that was situated in the passenger side footwell of a motor vehicle parked at sports premises at Leyes Lane, Kenilworth. 

This is incident 46 of 13 January 2020

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

Please be aware that between 17.30hrs on Saturday 28 December 2019 and 14.00hrs on Thursday 2 January 2020 offenders have attempted to break in to a property at Windmill Close, Kenilworth by trying to force a rear door. The offenders were unsuccessful.

This is incident 215 of 9 January 2020.

If you think you may have seen or heard anything suspicious or have any information related to this incident then please contact Warwickshire Police on 101 or alternatively you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

KENILWORTH residents are being praised for showing how important their community is to them. In just over 24 hours since Kenilworth Watch’s CCTV register was launched over 20 responses have already been received from householders wishing to join the community-based scheme.

The new CCTV register, which is already successfully operating in Finham, Coventry, will help Kenilworth Watch in their daily liaison with Warwickshire Police while also contributing towards preventing crime in the area.

The system doesn’t involve live access to people’s CCTV. The register enables a quick way to identify where CCTV is situated across the town, potentially saving hours of footwork by the police in the event of investigating an incident.

A spokesperson for Kenilworth Watch said “We are encouraged with the prompt response in the first 24 hours from residents across our town and community. However, we need to get the message out there because we believe there are many more properties with CCTV and we’d like them to consider joining and signing up to the register”.

“The system which nearby Finham Neighbourhood Watch has designed and given to Kenilworth has the potential to provide a community-wide facility that could be invaluable to our police in saving them time when investigating incidents.”

“The added benefit of getting householders signed up is it sends out a strong message that Kenilworth is not a good destination for those that are considering committing a crime such as a burglary, theft, car theft and criminal damage. The scheme has the potential to demonstrate the community is taking a unified and team approach to preventing crime and detecting offenders.”

The CCTV register is securely stored and managed and meets GDPR requirements. Any householder that has CCTV and would like to join the scheme can do so by emailing their name, address, email and ideally their telephone number to crownwatch@me.com

More details about the newly launched scheme can be accessed here:

How you can help deliver a step change in crime prevention and detection in Kenilworth