Dear Resident,
Car theft is a serious crime that causes significant distress and upset to owners. We want to help prevent this and so encourage drivers to consider the following advice and guidance:
- Try and park in well lit, busier areas. If you are using a car park, look for a site that is ‘Park Mark’ accredited.
- When parking at home, you can further protect keyless or higher value vehicles by blocking them in or using collapsible bollards.
- Remove valuables from your vehicle. Items should be removed, or hidden out of sight, even a few coins can be worth it to a thief.
- Always lock your vehicle and close the windows and sunroof when the vehicle is left unattended to help prevent an opportunist thief.
- Fitting a Sold Secure steering wheel, gear lever or clutch pedal security device
will give you added protection. - Devices can be used to jam the signal from your key. Manually check your vehicle has locked before walking away.
- Keep keys in a safe place. Thieves can retrieve keys through your letterbox. Keep keys out of sight and away from doors and windows.
- Thieves can intercept the signal from your key from a few meters away. You should keep all keys well away from the car, put keys in a signal blocking pouch (faraday pouch) and if you can, turn off wireless signals on your fob when not in use.
- Remember to reprogramme keys if buying a second-hand car.Remember, thieves need either the original car keys or access to your keyless signal to steal your vehicle. If this means committing a burglary to obtain the keys, they will, so make sure you follow our advice on keeping your home safe by visiting – Crime prevention advice | Cheshire Constabulary.
We hope this helps.
Crime Prevention Team
