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Runcorn CID has warned of a trend in burglars breaking their way into homes by snapping off the door handle. DC Calvin Fletcher urged residents to consider changing their locks to ‘sacrificial locks’ ...

Ch Supt Paul Money said lock snapping accounted for 27% of all burglaries in December A quarter of all burglaries in West Yorkshire are being committed by criminals using a technique called "lock ...

Police have issued break-in prevention advice following a spate of burglaries in Salford. Burglars have been using a tactic called lock snapping to target homes in Swinton and Little Hulton, according ...

Unfortunately that is West Midlands Police’s description for ‘lock-snapping’ which has emerged as a prominent form of burglary in the Black Country this year. Armed with nothing more than a pair of ...

Police say there has been an increase in this type of burglary in the Worsley, Boothstown and Ellenbrook areas and today officers carried out a number of raids as part of Operation Breeze in a ...

Police are urging Wolverhampton residents to be vigilant after a spate of lock snapping burglaries. Residents have been told to take action and protect themselves from break-ins during the winter. The ...

Last year, five families in Staffordshire suffered the worst possible start to the festivities when their homes were burgled on Christmas Eve. According to home security firm UAP, a total of 42 ...

A surge in thieves snapping door locks to break into Doncaster houses has sparked a police plea for householders to check their security. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can ...

Police have issued a warning to homeowners after a car was stolen from a house in Bolton. According to police, burglars broke into a house in Links Road, Harwood, at 3.20am this morning (July 18). A ...

Ch Supt Paul Money said lock snapping accounted for 27% of all burglaries in December A quarter of all burglaries in West Yorkshire are being committed by criminals using a technique called "lock ...

A quarter of all burglaries in West Yorkshire are being committed by criminals using a technique called "lock snapping", police have revealed. Since 2009, there has been a rise in the technique, which ...