Burglars target 17 homes in Uttlesford for jewellery and electrical goods ahead of Christmas

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Monday 16 Dec 2013 6:46 PM

Written byELEANOR BUSBY

A spike in burglaries across a number of Uttlesford villages this month has spurred a police appeal.

Thousands of pounds of jewellery and small electrical items have been stolen after 17 houses in the district were broken into from December 1 to December 13.

Essex police are appealing for residents not to be complacent and to remain extra vigilant after properties in villages, such as Newport, Clavering, Stansted Mountfitchet, were targeted.

In most cases the offenders forced their way in through rear patio doors or windows during the daytime, often when the homes had been left unoccupied.

Two homes on Cherry Garden Lane, Newport, were targeted on the afternoon of December 12 - jewellery worth 1,000 was taken from one home and two gold wedding bands, a diamond engagement ring and a gold eternity ring worth 800 were stolen from the other. The total damage caused to both homes came to 1,500.

On December 10, another home in Newport, on Belmont Hill, was targeted in the early hours of the morning where an iPod, a digital safe and 250 euros were stolen, and a pair of reading glasses, security light and door were damaged costing 370.

A number of valuables worth nearly 6,000 were taken from a home on Church End, Clavering - including many items of jewellery, two guitars, a passport, and a will and death certificate - and jewellery, a laptop and a bag worth 1,000 were stolen from a house on Silver Street, Stansted Mountfitchet.

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Burglars target 17 homes in Uttlesford for jewellery and electrical goods ahead of Christmas