Surrey Heath Neighbourhood Watch Support Group

... of the insecure bedroom window. At 16:00hrs on Tuesday 30th March, an attempt was made to enter another property in Bagshot without success. The letterbox was damaged and there were scratches to the UPVC front door. Overnight between Friday 26th March and Saturday 27th March, three lorries had ...

... on Tuesday 23rd March offenders gained access to a detached house in the Heatherside area of Camberley by feeding an implement through the letterbox to pick up the door keys left on a table in the hallway. Once inside the house, they conducted a tidy search of several drawers but left without ...

... 17th March, an attempt was made to enter a mid-terrace property on the outskirts of Camberley town centre using a piece of bent wire through the letterbox. However, the offenders were disturbed and made off when the occupants heard a noise and came downstairs to investigate. At approximately ...

... 07:00 hours. The offenders went to the front door of the property and used a bent piece of metal pipe to open the door by pushing it through the letterbox and then pulling the door handle down. Once inside the offenders went to the lounge and took a flat screen television, a purse and a set of ...

... I thought people might be interested in the following product. From the looks of it, it should solve at least two problems around people using letterboxes to commit offences while leaving the letterbox useable for normal post. http://www.dri-sil.co.uk/dribox.html

... have a UPVC front door ALWAYS make sure it is double locked using the key. Burglars are entering properties by putting an implement through the letterbox and pulling down the internal handle, thus opening the door. Many UPVC doors operate like this. From the outside they appear locked as the ...

... Get a neighbour or relative to regularly check your premises and push through any mail/free newspapers that may be sticking out of the letterbox. ⋅  Consider leaving important documents or valuable items with other family members or lock them in a safe. ⋅  Do not ...

... have a UPVC front door ALWAYS make sure it is double locked using the key. Burglars are entering properties by putting an implement through the letterbox and pulling down on the internal handle, thus opening the door. Many UPVC doors operate like this. From the outside they appear locked as ...