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The drive to prevent burglaries in Merton Park continues, and our advice now moves to reducing the risk to your home if you are away during the summer..
For those who are going away for any length of time, please, again, remember the simple things, which are often easy to overlook.
Cancel milk and newspapers if they are usually delivered.
Lock all windows and doors, and ensure any alarm you may have are set
If it is possible, arrange for friends to come in to your home and give the impression of ‘business-as -usual’ ie curtains or blinds drawn at night, post removed from letterboxes.
If you have a drive-way, then why not arrange for a friend to use it for their vehicle whilst you are away, again, this gives the impression that the house is being used day-to-day.
Leaving a radio on, perhaps on a timer during the day, may deter any potential opportunist burglar from trying your home.
If away for an extended period of time, consider making arrangements to have routine garden maintenance, such as lawn-cutting, carried out. Although the current dry spell may well limit lawn-growth, a well kept garden might soon show signs of lack of care after a number of weeks away
The 3 residential burglaries which have occurred in the ward this month have not been focused on any one area, and so vigilance is sought across the whole ward please.
AGAIN, we remind residents to always lock windows, and use the deadlock to double the front door please. This simple method may have prevented at least 1 of the offences in July
Those burglaries which have occurred have taken place between 1030am and 7.45pm, so as usual, we welcome any information, no matter how trivial it may seem, surrounding suspicious persons or vehicles.
Thank you for your continued vigilance and assistance in reducing burglaries.
You may contact us via either 0208 721 2451 or Mertonpark.SNT@met.police.uk
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