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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
Have you ever looked at your house as though you were a
Burglar, how easy could it be if you for example lost your door key, to get in?
If you can think of a way in then so can a potential Burglar.
Barnet Borough Police would like to offer some ideas to assist
householders and business to deter that unwanted visitor. Burglars will often
commit their crime by choosing the building that gives them the easiest
opportunity, perhaps they see a downstairs window open or they look under the
outside mat and find spare key. Burglars don’t want to get caught; they want to
steal your property. Lets make it harder to commit Burglary on Barnet.
Take steps to reduce burglary
Click Read more to find out how
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
Total crime
continues to fall. The latest figures from the Met show a drop of 6.8% and
almost 57,000 fewer crimes than at the same point last year. Residential
burglary is down 6.6% - a drop of over 3,560 offences and overall burglary is
at its lowest level since 1975. The clear up rate for crimes such as burglary,
violent crime, domestic violence and crimes motivated by racism or homophobia
has notably increased.
In
Barnet, Residential Burglary has fallen by 294 offences from 2497 burglaries
committed between 1st April 2005 and the 18th February
2006 to 2203 between the same period.
This
is an 11.8% reduction.
Barnet
Police recognise the work that is undertaken by all our partners at the Borough
Council, Neighbourhood Watch and Barnet Homes is assisting the Police to make
the Borough a safer place.
Barnet
Police have already arrested 88 Burglar’s since the beginning of this year and
with continued investigative policing and offender targeting Police want to
send a message to those that if you commit Burglary in Barnet you are going to
be arrested and bought before the judicial system.
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
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 Sheds and other outbuildings may get forgotten when it
comes to home security –
you probably remember to double lock your front door
and close your windows but the shed door is secured with a small, 20-year-old
padlock and you can’t remember if you locked the garage the last time you were
in there - yet the things you store in the shed might have cost thousands of
pounds!
Consider the value of the property you are keeping in your shed or
garage and think about whether it ought to be better protected or secured – can
you afford to replace it if it is stolen?
Will replacement take time and
effort, even if your insurance covers the loss?”
Be advised the following
measures to help safeguard your property stored in outbuildings:
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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 Warm Weather Warning!!
The warm weather is here, but this has led to a number of
Burglaries in the last week only happening because its been made easy for the
opportunist thief to walk in through open windows and patio doors.
Barnet Borough Police are emphasising that residents need
to be more cautious about leaving exterior doors and windows open and
unlocked. Whenever the house is
unoccupied, exterior doors must be locked and ALL ground floor windows MUST be
closed and locked if possible. When residents are at home care must be taken to
ensure that all ground floor windows are closed and where possible locked
before retiring for the night.
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Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
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On Tuesday June 6th 2006 Hale ward launched one of the first "No Cold Calling Zones" in Barnet Borough.
The zone will cover Deans Way Edgware and surrounding streets. Maureen
West, Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator for Deans Way was on hand to
give her support to the initiative and to suggest locations for the
signs.
Hale Safer Neighbourhood's Team will be holding a meeting
at John Keebl's church deans lane on the 12th of july at 7:30PM all hale
residents welcome.
Come and meet your team :-)
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Tuesday, 07 February 2006 |
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Barnet Police are issuing guidelines after a spate of thefts and burglaries where the target has been the car parked outside the house. Since January 2006 there have been 383 burglaries reported to police, within those 45 vehicles have been stolen. Most modern cars nowadays have excellent security, forcing thieves to resort to having to use the keys to the vehicle to steal them. This often means breaking into the house to steal the keys to the car or using rods or canes through letterboxes to remove the keys from just inside the front door. So what can car owners do? Click Read More to find out
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