THE number of burglaries at homes in Draycott Crescent last week reported to police is now eight.

Police are appealing for any information on the thefts which happened between 7pm on Tuesday, October 18 and 7am on Wednesday, October 19.

Seven of the burglaries were to the property’s sheds, where power tools, bikes and four rabbits were stolen. Offenders forced entry to six of the sheds, whilst one was insecure.

The eighth involved offenders gaining access to a property’s garden and stealing a bike.

Police are reminding residents of its shed security advice:

  • install a good lock
  • fit a shed alarm
  • make sure that any items stored in your shed are security-marked with your postcode, registered and properly secured; a forensic DNA marker is a good option
  • reconsider where you store expensive bikes; if you have nowhere else to store them then make sure they are security-marked and registered with Bike Register – bikeregister.com
  • some of the equipment stored in a shed could be used to break into your home so take particular care to remove or secure these
  • grow prickly plants close to the shed window
  • use a garden security light
  • display a sign on your shed warning thieves that all valuables have been removed
  • make sure that access to your garden is difficult for a thief; keep gates shut and locked and fences and boundary walls in good repair
  • don’t leave ladders and tools lying around in your garden – these could be used to break into your home
  • copy down the make, model and serial numbers of your garden machines such as drills, hedge cutters and lawnmowers and provide these to your insurers should you have your property stolen
  • record all serial numbers on Immobilise – immobilise.com

Anyone with information should call 101 quoting incident 44 of October 19, online at gloucestershire.police.uk/contact-us/report-a-crime-or-incident or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or crimestoppers-uk.org.