Thatcham Avenue – Guard Your Garden
Created by CliveAt around 3am yesterday morning (6th October) some unknown person(s) entered a local back garden and tried to remove the bolt housing from the gate latch, then found that the padlock wasn’t closed, took it off and tried to undo the bolt (too stiff to do so quietly), gave up and left!
Fortunately the resident was still up, heard a noise and turned on the light prior to looking out of the back window. Although nobody was spotted, it seems probable that the person(s) were deterred at this point… The only sign of anything “untoward” was marks around the bolt-housing screws and the padlock, which was found in the garden.
We assume the intention was to steal something – probably a bike – which would have made 3 in Thatcham in the last month (see here).
In addition to the fact that most residents have a (nearly) new cycle (also covered in the entry linked above), many local fences, gates and gateposts – being new and constructed of untreated timber – have warped and shifted, causing bolts and locks to become difficult to close securely.
Perhaps a local neighbourhood watch or some other forms of security (cameras for instance) might allow us all to nip this in the bud and establish Kingsway as a determined crime-free zone right now.
Meanwhile we (obviously) encourage Kingsway residents to ensure that your gate can be securely locked, lock up your bikes and try not to leave them “on display”.
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December 24th, 2007 at 11:52 am
We had our garden sprinkler
removed back in May 2007.
Seems like a ‘magpie’ thief is operating in the area – they will take absolutely anything. Be careful.