KENILWORTH residents are being warned that burglars are once active in and around the town as three incidents have taken place over the past few days. Two involve burglary and the other was an attempted burglary.

Crackley Lane, Kenilworth

During the night of 24 into 25 November, offenders smashed through a door and into the cellar of a sports club in Crackley lane, Kenilworth. Several items were stolen. This is Incident 75 of 25 November 2017.

Framlingham Grove, Kenilworth

Between 1pm on 27 November and 1am on 28 November, offenders entered a home in Framlingham Grove, Kenilworth through the insecure front door and stole a set of house keys. This is Incident 43 of 27 November 2017.

St Nicholas Avenue, Kenilworth

During the night of 28 into 29 November, offenders attempted to break into a home in St Nicholas Avenue, Kenilworth causing damage to the door handle. The offenders failed to get inside the house and nothing was stolen. This is Incident 146 of 29 November 2017.

If you have any information about any of these events or think you seen something that was suspicious or maybe helpful please contact Warwickshire Police on 101.

 

 

 

Grange Avenue, Kenilworth

Kenilworth residents are advised that burglars remain active in the town.

Between 9am on 14 November and 9am on 15 November 2017, offenders broke into a home in Grange Avenue, Kenilworth by smashing a pane of glass in a rear window.

Once inside the house, the offenders carried out a messy search of a bedroom before making off.  Nothing appears to have been stolen.

If you think you may have seen anything suspicious to have any information related to this crime please contact Warwickshire Police on 101

A security guard and a householders dog may well have prevented offenders from stealing property in two separate events across Kenilworth. In both cases nothing appears to have been taken with the offenders making off. Kenilworth watch praises the actions of the security guard who deterred five suspect offenders!

A Kenilworth Watch  spokesperson said “It’s great that in both cases the offenders were frightened off because they thought they might get caught. However, what these events show is that these people are in our midst, prowling our town and they are opportunists. It’s down to everyone of us to close off all opportunities as much as possible that might make our homes easy targets. No one wants to be burgled, least of all at Christmas.”

These latest two events took place as follows:

Kenilworth Railway Station – Priory Road/Waverley Road, Kenilworth

At just after 8pm on 11 November, a witness saw 5 males breaking into the building site of Kenilworth Railway Station.  It is not clear if anything was stolen but the offenders were disturbed by a security guard and made off.                                                                                                                          Incident 372 of 11 November 2017

Crackley Cottages, Coventry Road, Kenilworth

Between 11.20am and 2.30pm on 13 November, offenders kicked in the rear door of a home in Crackley Cottages, Kenilworth.  Nothing was disturbed or stolen from the house and the offenders made have been disturbed by the family dog.                                                                                  Incident 302 of 13 November 2017

Please contact Warwickshire Police on 101 if you saw anything suspicious or have any information about either of these events.

We would advise everyone to review the simple things:

• Keep keys out of locks both inside and outside doors and keep them doors locked at all times
• Could security lights help in certain places around your property?
• Think about a monitored burglar alarm, it can cost less than £30 a month and its a deterrent
• Don’t leave valuables in vehicles, and that includes the boot!
• If possible, park vehicles in such a way that it would not be easy for offenders to enter or take them. For example, if you have two cars and one is a higher value, then park the lower value car behind it so it cannot be driven away without moving the second vehicle. This can act as a deterrent.
• Think about additional vehicle immobilisation devices.
• Finally, keep a keen eye out for suspicious activity, people loitering around or saying they are lost if and when found in people’s gardens. If you see or experience any of this then call the police immediately.

The details of the most recent events are as follows:

KENILWORTH residents are being advised to avoid leaving keys in the locks of external doors to their homes or even leaving keys nearby to doors following a burglary that took place at some point before 8pm on 19 October 2017. The warning from Kenilworth Watch comes as offenders entered the rear garden of a home in Hodnet Close, Kenilworth smashed a window in an external rear door and then reached inside to open the door with a key from the lock.

Once inside the house, the offenders carried out a messy search of the bedroom before making off with several items.

If you have any information about this crime then please call Warwickshire Police on 101.