Going back home or away for reading week?  Top tops to come back to a burglary free home:

√ Take all your valuables home.

√ Before leaving home discuss with your flatmates who is staying and who is leaving. Establish a routine of who is locking up and checking the security of the property.

√ Before travelling check whether your garden gates, windows and doors are locked.

√ Use timer switches  and schedule them. Community Wardens can supply these.

√ Set the house alarm. If you don’t know the codes? Ask your landlord

√ Put your bicycle in your room- do not leave it outside, even locked!