Good evening, 

Below are crimes that have been recorded in the LEOS area between the 25th of January and the 2nd of February.

In the Lyndon area, a silver Toyota C-HR was stolen from Lyndon Road, and a blue BMW 320D was stolen from Castle Lane.

At Planet Ice on Hobs Moat Road a Ford Fiesta had various items stolen from inside.

In the Elmdon area, there was an attempted burglary of a house on Damson Lane, where the offender had removed the plastic from the lock on the rear door, the offender was then disturbed. 

There were burglaries on, Old Lode Lane were offender(s) have entered via the rear door, using the lock snapping method leaving with family gold,  the same method was used on Fallowfield Road, entering via a side door before being disturbed. On Tanhouse Farm Road, offender(s) entered the back garden forcing a shed door open and stealing a black Carrera mountain bike.

A blue Ford Cougar was stolen from Fallowfield Road.

(Lock snapping method, involves breaking the cylinder to then manipulate the lock to open.)

In the Olton area, on Redstone Farm Road, a white Lexus had various items stolen from it.

Please be aware of a recent increase in residential burglaries, where offenders are targeting family gold in most of these.               

If you are going to be out when it gets darker, please consider timer switches for your lamps. There are also other devices that do the same job that can be linked to wifi. Don’t leave your house in darkness, this is a clear sign that the house is empty.

Remember, crime prevention is all about making it difficult for offenders to break into your property or steal your vehicles. If they have to spend more time or make more noise than they want to they may give up and look elsewhere. 

Please consider anti-snap locks to all outside doors. Look for at least 3 stars and the Kitemark when purchasing them.

Put wheelie bins at the rear of your property away from gates and fences if you can. These can be used as a means to get over your fence and into your rear garden. 

If you have a side gate or a fence bordering your garden, then think about something called PRIKA STRIP. This is strips of hard rubber spikes that can be run along flat surfaces such as gates, fences and roofs, anybody attempting to climb on or over will find it difficult to put their hands on the surface due to these spikes.

We are at the time of year when we start to put away our garden furniture and gardening tools. Please make sure that everything is secure, and your sheds are locked and check them regularly over the winter months. Shed alarms are a relatively inexpensive item that you can purchase as an extra crime prevention measure.

Please check any garages that you own that aren’t attached to your house. These can be seen as an easy target as garages that are away from the houses aren’t overlooked. If you have anything valuable in them extra security measures would be a good idea. Lock bikes up that are inside and padlock toolboxes are 2 such measures. Good lighting can be a deterrent, one suggestion would be a dusk to dawn system so that you don’t even have to think about switching it on.

If you use a bike to get out and about, think about the lock that you secure it with. Please consider a good quality lock for your bike. A D lock is one such type of lock. Simple chains can be cut through in seconds.

Please consider a good steering lock for your vehicles, and check that your vehicle is locked before you walk away from it.

Tamper proof screws for number plates are a good idea to protect number plates from being stolen.

Please take 5 mins to read about ways you can prevent burglary and vehicle theft

Residential burglary | Your Options | West Midlands Police (west-midlands.police.uk)

Theft of motor vehicle | Your Options | West Midlands Police (west-midlands.police.uk)

Police community meetings

Dates for your diary,

9th of February between 4-6pm at The Hub, Hermitage Road B91 2LL

Friday 7th March between 10am-12pm at Olton Library Warwick road B92 7AR

Friday 11th April between 11am-2pm at Hatchford Brook Family Hub Old Lode Lane B92 8JE 

Our team are hard at work preventing crime and keeping our communities safe. If you have any local information to support us with this, please email the LEOS Neighbourhood Policing Team inbox on leos@westmidlands.police.uk . Please be aware that this inbox is NOT monitored 24 hours a day and is purely for non-emergencies. In an emergency, please call 999. To report a crime in a non-emergency situation please call 101 or visit Report a crime | West Midlands Police to do this online. 

Take care,

PCSO Smith