Author: Fraser Pithie

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Worrying Spate of Burglaries in Town

Incidents have been reported in School Lane, Sunningdale Avenue, Arden Road, Castle Road, Arlidge Crescent, Casita Grove & Bullimore Grove, Kenilworth.

Incident 240 of 10 April
Between 12noon and 3.40pm on 10 April offenders used bodily force to open a wooden front door at a home in School Lane, Kenilworth.
Once inside the house, the offenders stole various items including a sat nav, a camera and a quantity of cash.
Incident 45 of 10 April
During the night of 9 into 10 April offenders entered a home in Sunningdale Avenue, Kenilworth through a rear door and stole a quantity of cash.
Incident 55 of 10 April
Durning the same night offenders entered a home in Arden Road, Kenilworth, again through a rear door.  Once inside, the offenders carried out an untidy search of the premises and stole several items.  Some of the items were later recovered by neighbouring properties.
Incident 170 of 10 April
Between 3 and 9 April offendeers stole a blue Dawes mountain bike which was secured at the rear of a home in Castle Road, Kenilworth.
Incident 58 of 10 April
During the night of 9 into 10 April offenders broke into a shed in the garden of a home in Arlidge Avenue after breaking wood off a rear garden gate and reaching in to undo the lock.  Several items were stolen from the shed.
Incident 60 of 10 April
During the same night, offenders stole a pedal cycle from the rear garden of a home in Casita Close.
Incident 179 of 6 April

At around 11am on 6 April a male removed metal items fron a skip outside a house in Bullimore Grove.  The male is described as an Eastern European around 20 years of age.  He was wearing a hi viz jacker and was around 5ft 9in tall.  He was a passenger in a orangey yellow T registration Ford Transit van.  The male also stole metal poles from another garden.
General
Please remain alert, on the lookout for suspicious persons or activity around your own or neighbouring homes and please report anything that you consider to unusual or, of concern, to Police on 101.  If you have information that you believe may be connected to any of the above incidents please contact Police on 101 quoting the incident number.  Thankyou.
Editors Note; Please be aware that we only received these alerts this afternoon (18 April 2012) so we are not responsible for the late reporting of this worrying spate of crime in Kenilworth. We intend to raise this late reporting with Warwickshire Police as it undermines the potential of our website and automatic alerts.
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Leyes Lane Now Open (1800hrs Sunday 2012)

Resurfacing works and relining has been completed and the closure of Leyes Lane, Kenilworth earlier today has now been removed and the road is now fully reopen ahead of the planned completion time.

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Leyes Lane Closed Today (Sunday 25 March 2012)

Please note that Leyes Lane, Kenilworth, from its junction with Park Hill/WindyArbour and its junction with Dencer Drive/Rawnsley Drive, will be closed today (Sunday 25 March 2012) due to major resurfacing works. These works are planned to take place throughout today (Sunday) and Leyes Lane will be reopened from early tomorrow (26 March 2012).

The work is being carried out by Warwickshire County Council as Highway Authority.

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Kenilworth BMW Owners ALERT!

Please be aware that since January 2012, 154 BMW vehicles have been stolen from across the Midlands Region.  Thieves are targeting vehicles built between 2006 and 2011 and are stealing them without the keys, in all 154 cases reported the owners still have all the keys in their possession.

Thieves are targeting vehicles on driveways and in large carparks and wait for drivers to park and leave their vehicle.  Once the driver presses the key to lock the vehicle a frequency blocker intercepts the signal causing the vehicle to remain open. The thief then enters the vehicle when the coast is clear and uses a device on the vehicle which programs a blank key.  The key is then used by the offender to drive the vehicle away. If the frequency blocker is unsuccessful, the thief will often smash a front side window of the vehicle to get in.

Four of the vehicles have been stolen from addresses in Warwickshire already and it may well be that the thieves are spreading their wings and Warwickshire residents will be targeted more often from now on.

Our advice to all BMW drivers is simple. Please try the door handle after using your key to lock the vehicle and double check that it is actually locked.

Please also have a good look around when leaving the vehicle to see if you can spot anyone waiting nearby or in a vehicle in the vicinity, especially if you check and find the door to still be open. If this is the case, then without risk to yourself and as discreetly as possible, report anything suspicious to Police on 999 as they are very keen to catch these offenders.