Police investigating after BMW X5 stolen from property in Southport

A spokesperson for the Police said...

We are investigating a 'car key burglary' that took place between 03:00am and 04:00am on Wednesday the 8th June, where a black BMW X5 was stolen from the driveway of an address on Rathmore Crescent in Churchtown. 

Officers have attended, along with CSI and CCTV enquiries are ongoing. Neighbours in the immediate area have been letter-dropped with an appeal for witnesses/CCTV but as yet, we have not had any contact from some of these neighbours with CCTV cameras.  If you have received one of these letters, please contact us as per the letter.

We are aware of other CCTV in the Balmoral Drive area that may be related to this burglary and enquiries are ongoing at the relevant addresses. If you have CCTV in the area between Rathmore Crescent and Balmoral Drive that you think may be relevant to these enquiries please contact PCSO 0092 on 0151 832 8313.

The method of entry used by car key burglars is often very similar. Generally they target rear patio doors or UPVC kitchen doors and attempt to snap locks off. This can be combatted by using patio locks that lock the doors together and/or changing lock barrels for anti-snap locks. Patio door/window alarms that can be set at night can alert residents to people tampering with doors and windows.  More basic car security measures such as steering wheel locks or wheel clamps should also be considered at night to make stealing vehicles more difficult.