Advice on Taking a Few Simple Steps to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Burglary

Advice on taking a few simple steps to avoid becoming a victim of burglary

• Set a timer switch to turn your lights on when it
gets dark – unlit houses are a give away that no
one is at home.
• Lock your doors, patios and downstairs
windows – even when you are in. Make sure you
double check them again before you go to bed.
• If you have a burglar alarm, make sure you set it
when you go out and also when you go to bed.
• Don’t leave car keys, ID cards or valuables near
windows, doors or letterboxes where burglars
can reach through to steal them.
• Lock your garden gates and side entrances.
Don’t leave tools lying around in the garden
which could be used to break in to your home.
In an emergency call 999, for non emergencies call 101 or report at www.www.warwickshire.police.uk

Further crime prevention advice is available at www.warwickshire.police.uk and www.warwicklshireruralwatch.co.uk