There has been a large increase in burglaries to the south of the North Circular Road in the past two weeks.

With the dark evenings the Police advice is ensure that:

• your house has a light on that can be seen from the outside
• the curtains drawn 
• the radio playing if you are out after dark
• all doors and windows securely fastened. 

A time switch is very useful as it can be set to switch the light on as darkness falls. 

Christmas presents, etc. should not be on show where they can be seen from the outside of the house.