Neighbourhood Watch

Albury

Two thieves managed to break in to a Mercedes Vito van parked in Forrest Place on Tuesday, 23 February. But they were ‘disturbed’ as they tried to get away with some power tools… so they dropped them, got back into the van and drove it away.

One of these villains was described as “looking like a workman” with his yellow sleeveless fluorescent jacket and dark trousers. He was 30-35 years old with a stocky build, about 6ft tall, and had very black shoulder length hair. The other was 30-40 years old with a slight build, and was wearing a blue/black bobble hat and, possibly, a lumberjack-style shirt. Both were white men.

Peaslake

In Pursers Lane, a thief smashed a ground floor room window overnight on Friday, 26 February, and climbed inside. Sometime later, he climbed out carrying a digital camera and a jewellery box.

Shere

After smashing a small glass pane, it was easy for the thief to reach in and unlock the door of a house – in Hook Lane – using the key that had been left in the lock! So it was, on Monday, 22 February, that he got away with a man’s wallet.

Shere

A Ford Focus and a Honda Accord were keyed in Shere Lane on Sunday, 17 January.

Albury

Snow and cold weather don’t stop people visiting Newlands Corner, but they don’t stop thieves either. On Sunday, 27 December, a thief got into a locked Audi A4 and got out with a lady’s handbag containing cash, her house keys, another set of car keys a UK driving licence, and a camera.

There was also a break in at on Monday, 4 January at the Newlands Corner wildlife garden visitor centre: nothing much was stolen, but the villain did a considerable amount of damage in the process.

Albury

A Ford Escort RS Cosworth was stolen from the car park at Newlands Corner on Sunday, 6 December.

Shere

On Monday, 30 November, the thief who broke in to the shed beside a house in Rectory Lane found six mountain bikes inside... but took only one, an adult’s mountain bike.

Albury

Newlands Corner is a lovely spot, but if you go there for a walk, don’t leave valuables in your car, as did the driver of a Citroen Zara on Thursday, 26 November. When she returned, her passenger side front window was smashed and her handbag gone for a walk of its own.

Gomshall

A man had his wallet stolen while dining in a restaurant in Queen Street on Wednesday, 4 November. It was later found outside a supermarket in Godalming.

Shere

A burglar found three bikes after breaking in to the shed behind a house in Willow Walk on Sunday, 8 November, and rode away on one of them.

Easy pickings for an opportunistic thief, who simply opened the unlocked door of a Mercedes parked in Rectory Lane on Saturday, 7 November, and lifted the satnav unit from its holder.

Peaslake

A bag was stolen from a car in Rad Lane on Sunday, 8 November.