A 42-year-old man was due in court on Monday afternoon, 23rd January, after a burglary at a property in Belgrave Road in Bath in which cash and property was stolen.
Police officers were called to a property in Belgrave Road just after 7am on Monday by a householder who had disturbed someone in their home.
The intruder made off and the householder found cash, laptops, a wallet and other property to be missing.
Avon and Somerset Police say Bath is a safe place to live, but it always pays to be security-conscious and keep doors and windows locked when you are not in the same room.
They have issued the following security advice:
- Fitting motion sensing security lights around your property;
- Keeping tools locked up in a secure shed or garage;
- Making sure garden furniture and wheelie bins can’t be moved to gain access to upstairs windows;
- Locking up and setting the alarm, if you have one, at night as well as when you go out;
- Hiding your keys and handbag or wallet safely out of sight;
- Never leaving your keys in the back of the door or window;
- Keeping photographs and a description of items with sentimental value;
- Using a traceable asset marking liquid on items like jewellery or antiques;
- Using timer light switches to make it look like there’s someone home on dark evenings.
All these things add up to put a burglar off targeting your home – as does joining or setting up a Neighbourhood Watch or No Cold Calling Zone scheme.
There’s more home security advice on the police website, www.avonandsomerset.police.uk.
Paul Matthews, of Grosvenor Place, Bath, was due to face Bath Magistrates charged with burglary.
