Crime on the increase
At our SAPS meeting held this morning we noticed a significant increase of housebreakings in Sunninghill during the week 2nd to 8th of April. As these stats were given to us by the saps I am not allowed to publish them. What I can tell you however is that these occurred in:
Sunninghill Park and Gardens – with these two areas having the highest number of incidents reported and in Sunninghill Estates with the lowest.
The vast majority of these crimes were committed in complexes where only laptops were stolen. What is blatantly obvious is that the perpetrators knew that the victims had laptops and that this is all they were after. In some cases there was no sign of forced entry and in some cases windows were left open.
As ridiculous as it may sound, I urge you to keep your curtains drawn or blinds down when you work on your laptops and when you are not working on them, put them out of sight. Please also ensure that your domestic is 100% trustworthy. Most of these crimes are committed with assistance – information passed on or other.
Although we are, as is all of Sandton, experiencing these thefts we are still significantly down compared to previous years and other suburbs on violent crimes.
Linda Gildenhuys
Sunninghill Community Security – security@suncomm.co.za 083 440 2381