This morning at approximately 04:30 a Ford Kuga was stolen from an address in Uttoxeter in the vicinity of Hazelwood park. If you have any CCTV of a suspicious vehicle in the area around that time, please contact 101 with the incident reference 90 16/04/2025. The vehicle was stolen without its key.

Vehicles fitted with a smart or passive key (a contactless key) are susceptible to “Relay Theft”. There are a wide range or electronic devices, key cloning devices, and other tools that can be easily obtained by opportunist thieves and criminal gangs to target your vehicle. These criminals tend to work in pairs, targeting vulnerable and desirable makes of vehicles by using cloning devices that grab the signal from the smart key so that it appears to the car or van that the key is present. Your vehicle is most vulnerable overnight, particularly if parked on your driveway or directly outside your home where most of the thefts occur.

When not in use either at home, when out and about or on holiday - store your keys in a secure pouch/box. Security pouches/boxes are sometimes termed Faraday bags or RFID signal Fob blockers/shields. These pouches will prevent the signal from your vehicle from being captured using electronic devices.