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""In the last year 320 homes in Kirklees have been targeted by thieves forcing open the cheap euro-profile locks
"We have now reached the point that over 20% of House Burglaries within the Kirklees Division have been committed by the offenders snapping the Europrofile Locking Barrels on UPVC Doors" - www.westyorkshire.police.uk

"In the last year 320 homes in Kirklees have been targeted by thieves forcing open the cheap euro-profile locks on uPVC doors"- Chief Constable:  Sir Norman Bettison

House break-ins jump by 4% as recession crime-wave washes across Britain
Home Office figures showed a four per cent leap in the number of domestic burglaries in the final three months of 2008, to 75,600 offences.
It is the equivalent of one family suffering the agony of a break in every two minutes
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/Credit-crunch-crimewave........html

Gang jailed for £600,000 car raids on homes, In many raids they snapped the locks to break in and then steal car keys.
Link: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Gang-jailed-for-600000-car.5118583.jp

West Yorkshire is a burglary hot spot, crime study shows - Independant.co.uk
Link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/west-yorkshire-is-burglary-hot-spot.......html

West Yorkshire leads way on crime-mapping websites - The Telegraph and Argus
Statistics showing the level of crime for every neighbourhood in the country are now available online
Link: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4025450.Force_leads_the_way........

Over 40 arrested in Leeds burglar crackdown - Yorkshire Evening Post
Link: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/crime/Over-40-arrested-in-Leeds....

Beatcrime where you can find out about crime on your street - West Yorkshire Police Authority
Punch in a West Yorkshire postcode, select a crime and see what offences, if any, have occurred nearby.
Link: http://www.beatcrime.info/

Home Office crime mapping tool to create maps showing counts and rates of crime at local authority level
Link: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ia/atlas.html  (Requires Flash Player 8.0 or above)

Home Office Crime Reduction website featuring a different aspect of crime reduction each month
Link: http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Snide burglary technique on the increase. The worse unoccupied home burglary goes like this…   You arrive home, perhaps after work or a night out. You open up your door, using your keys, but soon notice that everything of value is gone.
Link: http://www.liverpooltimes.net/....lock-bumping-explained

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