2:05pm Tuesday 11th May 2010
THIEVES have ransacked almost 100 cars in Shoebury in the last two months.
Police are urging people to be more security-conscious because 63 of the cars broken into between March 9 and May 9 this year had been left unlocked. They have had sat navs stolen along with a host of personal items.
Pc Paul Hanson, a neighbourhood specialist officer for Shoebury, said 98 cars had been targeted over that period.
He said: “It is astonishing that almost two-thirds of the thefts from cars we’ve seen in this area are from cars that had been left insecure.
“It’s clear that we need to continue drumming home our message in order to educate motorists into making their vehicles less of a target to thieves.
Anyone with information about vehicle crimes in the Shoebury and Southchurch areas should call police on 0300 3334444 or the local neighbourhood policing team on their mobile 07710 086590.
ARE YOU ONE OF THE VICTIMS? CALL THE ECHO ON 01702 321145
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