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Police are urging all school pupils to register their valuables on a national database as a New Year’s resolution.
By registering on Immobilise.com, the national property database, it enables police to reunite you with your valuables if they are lost or stolen and later recovered.
PC Karla Fox, from the Stockport North Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: "Many young people will have received the latest mobile phones, MP3 players and other expensive gadgets over the festive period so it is important they are registered. Immobilise.com is a free service that is really simple to use and can really save you a lot of heartache in the future.
Other tactics people can use to secure their valuables is to make their property less vulnerable to burglars. Simple tips include:
- Keeping doors and windows shut and locked even when you are in. One in three burglaries are down to thieves getting in through open doors and windows.
- Keep gadgets and valuables out of sight and away from windows.
- Dispose of boxes that contained valuables by taking them to the tip - leaving them outside your home is an advert to thieves of what might be inside.
- Install and use your burglar alarm every time you leave the house and when you go to bed.
- Use lights, radios and timer switches to make your house look occupied.
PC Karla Fox continued: "Your favourite gadgets and valuable items are also the most wanted items for burglars and thieves. A few minutes can really save you a lot of heartache so please follow these tips and register today."
PC Karla Fox & PC Carl Johnson are your local Neighourhood Policing officers and can be contacted on stockport.northnpt@gmp.police.uk. Or 0161 856 9787.
You can call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Only call 999 in an emergency or where there is a threat to life or a crime in progress.
To report crime call police on 0161 872 5050 or for more information visit gmp.police.uk.
