Latest up-date from Neighbourhood Watch. I have included this as four of the burglaries were our end of the city.
Police in Worcester are urging householders to take some simple step to tighten their home security following a series of burglaries in the city.
The advice comes after six homes ? two at the north end and four in the southern part of the city - were targeted over the weekend of Saturday 2 November and Sunday 3 November.
Sometime between 1pm and 8.45pm on the Saturday a large amount of gold jewellery, including a distinctive kite-shaped emerald and diamond ring valued at ?2,000 ? was taken from a home in St Dunstan?s Close. The burglars entered the property by smashing the back door.
Jewellery was also taken from a house in Southall Avenue sometime between 1.45pm and 9.45pm on the same day when burglars broke in by getting into the garage and forcing a UPVC door into the kitchen.
Sometime between 4.30pm and 7.45pm on the Saturday, thieves broke into a house on Sheringham Road, off Bath Road, Worcester, by smashing the back patio door. They stole the keys to a BMW and a VW car.
Later that evening at about 10pm the owner of a house in Badger Gardens, St Peters, found a man in his garden. The intruder had removed a 6ft fence panel to get in and had propped open the back gate.
He was seen crouching by the shed before running off. He was wearing a Khaki-coloured jacket and a hood covered his head.
A large quantity of jewellery was also taken from a house in Seymour Avenue sometime between 5.30pm on Saturday and 10am on Sunday. The thieves entered by forcing a rear window.
While sometime between 8pm on the Saturday and 11am on Sunday 3 November there was an attempted burglary at a house in Springfield Road, Worcester. The home owner discovered the lock on the garden gate had been forced and there were tool marks on the back door of the house.
Detective Constable Dan Fenn from Worcester CID said: ?Householders can do some simple and inexpensive things to help prevent burglary. It is important homes do not look unoccupied as we reach the darker evenings of autumn and winter.
?An unlit property can be a tell-tale sign that no one is home. People can leave on a light if it will be dark before they get home from work or a day out.
?One of the best ways to do this is by using timer switches which can be set to come on at a desired time.?
Other tips include locking doors, patios and windows, even when the home is occupied, and check them before going to bed.
If there is a burglar alarm, make sure it is set before going to bed.
Don?t leave car keys, ID cards or valuables near windows, doors or letterboxes, where they can be easily seen and reached.
Lock garden gates and side entrances. Don?t leave tools, which could be used to break into the home, lying around outside.
Further information can be found by visiting the West Mercia Police website
www.westmercia.police.uk and click on Darker Nights burglary campaign.
Issued: 13 November 2013
