Across the area we have had several sheds broken into over the weekend and garden equipment stolen. It is that time of year. Please take extra precautions if you have sit on mowers, sucker blowers or valuable tools. Please also secure valuable garden furniture and ornaments. The sheds that have been broken into had padlocks which have been cut off with bolt croppers - the thieves went prepared ! Back to the warning about suspicious people out and about looking for potential targets. If I can see you have a substantial garden, the chances are you may have a valuable sit on mover, hedge trimmers, loppers etc.

If you have this type of valuable equipment, you need to do more than simply put it inside a garage / garden shed. The items need to be locked and chained together, so that it is difficult or noisy to steal them.

27/3 - 28/3 Pump stolen from a garden pond in Windsor. Large pumps can cost a lot of money and are a possible target, if it is simple to unplug and remove them ! If you have a pond, please again be aware, valuable Koi have been stolen recently overnight, as well as bronze garden statuary. Please be aware of anyone acting suspiciously around rear or garden gates !

CRIME:

BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY & THE WALTHAMS:

27/3 Smewins Road. Stolen VW Golf set alight.

23/3 - 29/3 Knowl Hill. Shed break - garden tools stolen.

26/3 - 27/3 Mill Lane X 2. Holiday homes broken into. One searched, razor stolen from another.

26/3 8 a.m. Waltham Road. Car window smashed.

26/3 - 27/3 Roman Lea. Burglary - rear door found open in the morning. Handbag and cards stolen. Cards used immediately to withdraw cash.

27/3 - 28/3 Bridge Avenue. Car broken into in residential car park - nothing stolen.

28/3 4.30 - 6 p.m. High Street, Hurley. Owner parked up his car and left the keys on the drivers wheel ! he returned to find car searched and items stolen and car locked back up again ! I don't need to say anything.

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:

26/3 - 27/3 Mercia Road. 3 small holes made in a window - possibly with an air rifle.

28/3 Evening job. Woodlands Park Avenue. Burglary through insecure front door - Laptop and accessories stolen.

29/3 - 30/3 Altwood Bailey. Rear drivers window smashed - laptop bag stolen.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:

No crime reported.

OLDFIELD BRAY:

23/3 - 27/3 Long Lane. Garage break - tools stolen.

29/3 7.30 - 9.30 p.m. Chauntry Road. Burglary through first floor balcony - window smashed and door opened with key left in the lock ! Jewellery stolen. 2nd burglary in this road this month.

27/3 - 28/3 Stompits Road. Nissan Pickup stolen from outside house. It was full of fir tree cuttings which were not tied down and these have been blown off on its way through Holyport. Did you see this van driving suspiciously with bits of tree blowing off ? Where did it go ?

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:

27/3 11.45 p.m. Garthlands. Garage break - nothing appears to have been stolen.

26/3 - 27/3 Camley Gardens. Burglary through rear patio door - window smashed and door opened with key left in the lock ! Laptops and jewellery stolen.