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Here’s an update on burglary locally. 🏠 Keep Your Home Safe All Year Round
Burglars often look for opportunities to target properties that appear vulnerable or unoccupied. Taking a few simple precautions throughout the year can help protect your home, belongings, and loved ones.
Help protect your home by following these simple steps:
🔒 Lock all doors and windows whenever you leave your property, even if it's only for a short time.
💡 Use indoor lights, smart devices, or timers to give the impression that someone is home when you're out.
🏡 Ask a trusted neighbour, friend, or family member to keep an eye on your property if you're away.
📦 Avoid leaving deliveries, parcels, or valuables visible from windows or doorways.
🔑 Keep keys out of sight and away from doors, windows, and letterboxes.
🚗 Always lock your vehicle and remove valuables from view, even when parked on your driveway.
🚲 Secure bicycles, sheds, garages, and tools with strong locks and security devices.
📹 Check that security lighting, alarms, CCTV, and video doorbells are working correctly.
📱 Be mindful about sharing your location, holiday plans, or extended absences on social media.
👀 Stay alert and report suspicious activity around homes, vehicles, and residential areas.
🤝 Get involved with your local Neighbourhood Watch scheme and look out for your neighbours.
Remember:
🔒 Lock it. 💡 Light it. 🏠 Secure it.
Many burglaries are opportunistic. Simple security measures can make your home a less attractive target and significantly reduce the risk of becoming a victim.
If you see suspicious behaviour around homes, gardens, garages, or vehicles, please report it. Your information could help prevent crime and protect others in the community.
📞 In an emergency, always call 999.
📞 For non-emergency concerns, contact 101 or report online via the Metropolitan Police website.
Together, we can help keep our neighbourhoods safe and secure all year round. 🏘️💙
 Across London, we’re now arresting more than 1,000 extra criminals every month and seeing local crimes like burglary, robbery and theft start to fall, with ‘neighbourhood crime’ down 14%. While we will continue to pursue burglars in the area, there are steps you can do to help keep your property safe. Please go to our website to find the latest advice and guidance on keeping yourself safe and protecting your home. You can report an incident of burglary by 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. Please consider getting involved and contribute to the local priority survey, we may be unaware of issues that you would like us to focus on. Take a few minutes to securely and privately register and have your say using the button below, this will mean we can focus on things that matter to you. 
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