🚨 Winter Crime Prevention - Richmondshire 🚨

🚨 Winter Crime Prevention - Richmondshire 🚨

As we approach the festive season, acquisitive crime often increases, with offenders taking advantage of darker evenings, busy shopping periods and people leaving valuables in vehicles.

To help keep our communities safe, over the coming weeks we'll be sharing crime prevention advice and practical safety tips to help residents protect themselves, their property and their loved ones this winter.

Today, we're focusing on thefts from motor vehicles.

🚗 It only takes seconds for a thief to target an insecure vehicle or one with valuables left on display.

Please remember to:

🔒 Lock your vehicle every time you leave it, even if it's only for a moment.
📱 Remove phones, handbags, wallets, sat navs and other valuables.
🎁 Don't leave Christmas shopping visible inside your vehicle.
🛠️ Remove tools from vans overnight where possible.
👀 Hide any items that cannot be removed.
💡 Park in well-lit areas and locations covered by CCTV where available.
🔑 Keep vehicle keys secure and out of sight at home.

Don't give opportunist thieves an easy opportunity.

✅ Lock it.
✅ Remove it.
✅ Hide it.

If you see suspicious activity around vehicles in your area, please report it to North Yorkshire Police via 101, or 999 if a crime is in progress.

Together, we can make Richmondshire a harder target for criminals and help keep our communities safe this winter. ❄️🚔

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