Burglary on Riverway - Tuesday 16/12/2025

Burglary on Riverway - Tuesday 16/12/2025

Please be aware of a burglary on Riverway on Tuesday 16/12/2025 between 1:15pm and 6:20pm. The front door was forced open leaving the mortice lock on the floor and damage to the front door. There was an untidy search of the bedrooms.

Please leave lights on after dark or set up to come on if you are not home as a dark house attracts attention and gives the impression no one is home.

Double lock your door every time you leave the house

If you can, move garden furniture or bins away from windows so that thieves cannot use them to gain access.

Use laminated glass or security film on ground floor and accessible windows.

Use a sash stop if you have sash windows to prevent people opening them enough to climb through.

If your windows open outwards, use a key operated lock – check these are locked before leaving the house.

Make sure all valuables are out of sight.

Keep handbags and keys away from letterboxes or cat flaps.

In the evening shut the curtains and leave lights on.

Set your burglar alarm

Lock your shed or garage

Mark, register or record your valuables.

Please go to our website to find the latest advice and guidance on keeping yourself safe and protecting your home. We hope the information above is useful and addresses to some degree the concerns that you have raised. If you have experienced this issue or have information regarding an incident, please report it using our online reporting tools at https://www.met.police.uk/, speak to an operator in our Force Communications Room via our online web chat or call the non-emergency number 101.

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Jennifer Arkwright
(Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Palmers Green Ward)