Yet another burglary in east dulwich

[sebadoh]

I have only lived in East Dulwich for just over 6 months, and time and again I hear of people around here being burgled. This time it was my next door neighbour.. There must have been 20 posts about burglary in about 3 months, are the police doing anything to try and curb this? ie-extra police patrols?

[tiger ranks]

where in dulwich????

[DJKillaQueen]

The stats released today show that burglary is up right accross the capital, so it's not just ED unfortunately. A sign of the times perhaps. The Police are always working to catch burglars and there have been arrests made over recent months. A burglary team were caught in Barry Road recently for example. The same goes for robbery. Three were arrested for robberies recently. We tend to hear about the crimes more than any arrests (for obvious reasons). What the Police can not do though, is be on every street corner, day and night, hoping to catch burglars in the act. They don't have the resources for that, but they will increase patrols in hot spots in the chance they get lucky.

[Dulwichmudlark]

Dulwich would be targeted because of the money in the area

[sebadoh]

grove vale.

[Damian H]

A friend of mine was burgled just off Lordship Lane last night. He had not locked door properly so they were opportunists who were just rattling handles it seems. He, his partner and new baby were upstairs so it was clearly very alarming. Burglars took TV and other stuff and tried to nick car.

A lot of modern UPVC doors slam shut and seem to be locked to visual inspection but people forget to actually dead-lock them. Obviously burglars know this so try door handles on the off-chance. Please, please, please double check you have fully locked your door and if you see anyone testing doors call the cops immediately.

[DulwichFox]

DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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>What the Police can not do though, is be on every street corner, day and

> night, hoping to catch burglars in the act. They

> don't have the resources for that.

They do if you park your car illegally.

[paragon]

Last time I looked at the stats, East Dulwich was the safest ward in the borough.

[benmorg]

paragon Wrote:

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> Last time I looked at the stats, East Dulwich was

> the safest ward in the borough.

But the borough is one of the least safe in the city.