The Crime Prevention Website

In The Telegraph online yesterday I couldn’t help noticing the following story about a recently convicted burglar, Wayne Andrew Davies, who was sentenced to 32 months imprisonment on Monday after doing a very daft thing – he got caught!

This idiot burgled a home in Swansea and stole a TV and then did no more than to try to sell it on by door knocking along the same street he’d been burgling! Yes, you’ve guessed it; he knocked on the door of the very same house he’d stolen it from! You couldn’t make it up!

The victim called the police straightaway and he was arrested, still in possession of the property.

Reading between the lines the Detective in charge, David Butt, reminded people to close and lock  windows and doors they might have left open during the warmer weather, so it seems like this burglar was simply walking along the street looking for easy opportunities and the victim who lost the telly was one of them.

Most burglary is just like this; opportunistic. Thieves, who often have a problem with alcohol or drugs, wake up in the morning (or afternoon) and wonder where they’re going to get some quick cash from to buy their next fix.

They’ll walk along the streets local to where they live looking for open windows, unlocked cars or cars with items of value on view inside them and frankly it doesn’t take long to find something promising.

Having stolen some property they will dispose of it as quickly as possible and then a couple of days later they’ll do another one and so it goes on.

I’m sure you can see then that to avoid the likes of Wayne Andrew Davies you’ve simply got to avoid becoming his next target, which is pretty easy really, since most crime can be prevented by taking very simple and cost free precautions.

Here’s a list of 23 mistakes that create the conditions necessary for unnecessary crimes to take place!  http://thecrimepreventionwebsite.com/home-security-assessment/736/opportunity-for-crime/

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