Keep your home secure this summer

During the summer months when people are spending more time outdoors, using gardening and leisure equipment, burglars are out looking out for valuable things to steal.

Follow our tips to make your home and garden more secure:

• Always lock your shed

• Burglars can use garden tools to break in, so lock them away after use

• Visibly mark tools and gardening equipment with your postcode and house number to deter thieves and help police identify the rightful owner

• Lock your garage door securely

• Join owl.co.uk/herts to help reduce crime in your local area

• Make access to the rear of your property difficult, keep rear and side gates closed and locked, and ensure boundary walls and fences are in good repair

• Keep wheelie bins secured so they cannot be moved or used as climbing aids

For more detailed security advice, please visit hertsmere.gov.uk/csp or herts.police.uk/crimeprevention smere Community Safety Partnership (CSP) brings a range rganisations together to ensure a joined-up and strategic roach to tackling crime and disorder issues in the borough.