As the dark nights are upon us, it provides increased opportunities for burglaries to occur.
The Bolsover Community Safety Partnership has produced some tips and information to help you do your bit to help deter potential burglars as we enter the festive period.
Make sure you:
- Lock all home doors and car doors. Even if you’re inside your home remember to lock the door.
- Leave all belongings out of sight. For example, put your car keys somewhere hidden and not on the counter below a window.
- Use light timers to make your home look lived in even when you are at work. It gets darker earlier in winter months, put your light timers to come on from 4pm onwards.
- Secure the back of your property. The main entry is back gardens, if possible, consider:
- Sash jammers on all vulnerable windows and doors/French windows.
- CCTV
- Flood lighting
- If you have a burglar alarm, make sure you use it!!
- If you are going away, ensure milk and papers are cancelled. A build up would be a sign to a potential burglar there’s nobody in the building.
- Shut curtains so people cannot see what belongings you have when the lights are on.
- If your car is “keyless entry” buy a faraday bag to block the signal to your car.
If you require any further advice, please contact your Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team (opens in a new window).
