Author: Fraser Pithie

Residents of Kenilworth are warned to be on their guard and take all sensible steps to protect their homes and vehicles after a spate of incidents across the town in the past few days. After a fairly quiet period since mid April a number of residents have suffered and become the victims of crime.

Mountbatten Drive, Kenilworth

At some point before 12.50pm on 11 June, offenders entered a home in Mountbatten Avenue, Kenilworth and carried out a search before making off with several items.

This report refers to Incident number 0180 of 11 June 2014.

 

Walkers Way, Kenilworth

Between midnight and 6.30am on 14 June, offenders entered a vehicle parked outside a home in Walkers Way and stole a satnav from inside.

This report refers to Incident number 0088 of 14 June 2014.

 

Latimer Close, Kenilworth

Between 2.30am and 3am on 14 June, offenders entered an insecure vehicle parked outside a home in Latimer Close, Kenilworth and searched the glovebox. Nothing was stolen. However, two other vehicles belonging to neighbours were also entered.

This report refers to Incident number 0100 of 14 June 2014.

 

Beauchamp Road, Kenilworth

During the night of 13 into 14 June, offenders entered a vehicle parked outside a home in Beauchamp Road, Kenilworth through the passenger door and stole an IPod.

This report refers to Incident number 0135 of 14 June 2014.

 

Dudley Road, Kenilworth

During the night of 13 into 14 June 2014 offenders entered a vehicle parked outside a home in Dudley Road. Nothing is believed to have been stolen.

This report refers to Incident number 0163 of 14 June 2014.

Rouncil Lane, Kenilworth

Between 8.30 and 9pm on 15 June, offenders entered the boot of a vehicle parked in a layby in Rouncil Lane and stole a black and white suitcase containing clothing and a brown and beige leather handbag.

This report refers to Incident number 0357 of 15 June 2014.

Please remain alert, on the lookout for suspicious persons, vehicles or activity around your own or neighbouring homes and please report anything unusual, or of concern, to Police on 101. In the event of a crime taking place or where there is a imminent danger to life or property please dial 999.

Car Key Burglaries are taking place in Kenilworth with two vehicles stolen from outside owners homes over the past few nights. Crown Watch are advising Kenilworth residents to take extra care about securing their vehicles and homes before retiring to bed.

The practice of leaving car keys close to and in sight of the front or even rear doors of a property should be avoided at all costs says Crown Watch, Kenilworth’s most long-standing Neighbourhood Watch scheme that looks after northern Windy Arbour.

Crown Watch advise that homeowners should ensure that all household doors and windows are secure and locked last thing at night and that keys for vehicles of any type be kept well away from front or rear doors and also not left on show. In some cases these crimes have involved ‘fishing rods’ inserted through letterboxes to obtain keys left on a side shelf or table. So its really important not to leave keys about even if your doors are securely locked.

Once again, this is a crime that requires the unwitting help of property owners so we are appealing to all residents to take responsibility and take steps to secure and keep your property safe. This is particularly important at this time of the year when residents tend to be about their gardens etc more. Details of these latest crimes are provided below;

Burglary – Angless Way, Kenilworth

Between midnight and 1.30pm on 10 April, offenders entered the rear garden of a home in Angless Way, Kenilworth and then into the house through a French window.  Once inside, the offenders carried out a search of the premises before making off with an X-Box, a quantity of cash and other items.

This report refers to Incident number 0169 of 10/04/2014

Burglary & Theft of Motor Vehicle – Queens Road, Kenilworth

During the night of 9 into 10 April, offenders entered a home in Queens Road, Kenilworth by using a set of keys that had been left in the front door lock.  Once inside, the offenders stole a set of keys for a vehicle and then used the keys to steal the vehicle from the driveway.

This report refers to Incident number 0038 of 10/04/2014

Burglary & Theft of Motor Vehicle, Barrow Road, Kenilworth

During the night of 14 into 15 April, offenders entered a home in Barrow Road, Kenilworth and stole a set of car keys from a hallway table.  The offenders then used the keys to steal a high powered vehicle from the driveway. This report refers to Incident number 0060 of 15/04/2014

 

If you have any information in relation to any of these incidents then please contact Warwickshire Police on 101, quoting the individual incident number. If you wish to remain anonymous you can contact Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.