Police issue security advice following spate of burglaries in Sheffield

Police are urging homeowners and motorists to ensure their properties and vehicles are left secure after a string of thefts and burglaries in Sheffield.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Sep 2017, 14:27 BST
Updated 23rd Sep 2017, 14:30 BST
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Sheffield East Local Policing Team is urging people to lock properties and vehicles and leave valuables out of sight even if they are leaving them unattended for a short period of time.

It comes as the team issued its latest crime update for the area.

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A property on Holyoake Avenue, Richmond was burgled after an offender forced a garage door open around 4am on Friday.

Portable radios and garden tools were stolen from a shed in Orchard Lane, Beighton, sometime between 7pm on Tuesday and 4pm yesterday.

Between 8.50am and 9.30am on Friday £50 was stolen from a home in Richmond Park Rise, Richmond after a bathroom window was left open.

There was also an attempted burglary at a property in Birley Spa Rise, in Hackenthorpe.

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A power drill and electric screwdriver were stolen from a vehicle in High Street, Mosborough, between 1.30am and 10am on Wednesday, while a neighbour deterred offenders after seeing them attempt to remove a cover from a vehicle in Chadwick Road, Woodthorpe, between 10am and 10.30am on Friday.

Anyone with information should call 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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