Have a Crime Free Christmas

Published: 13 December 2021

Have a crime-free Christmas.

Kent Police are working hard over Christmas to keep you and your family safe, but there are steps you can take to help them.

After you have opened your Christmas gifts

Burglars and robbers know that many households have new and often expensive, items in their homes following the December holidays especially items such as new tech such as tablets or laptops, mobile phones, music systems, televisions, cameras and other electronic equipment. In many cases, residents make it easy for burglars to figure out which homes to target by putting boxes that identify their new gifts in plain view with their other rubbish.

Avoid becoming an easy target for post-holiday burglars/robbers by not leaving boxes for new electronics and other items outside your wheelie bin.

· Break down any boxes you are throwing out and put them in rubbish bags and place them inside the wheelie bin.

· With computer equipment, you might consider keeping the boxes for safe storage, shipping or moving in the future. Would they be useful as storage boxes?