Halton police are investigating a series of break-ins to Burlington homes that occurred in the Spruce Avenue area over the weekend.

Late Friday night and early Saturday morning, someone entered the backyards of seven residences, including two on Silvana Crescent, one on Spruce Avenue, one on Henderson Road, and three on Valanna Crescent.

Three attempted break-ins failed, however, four others were successful. The intruders broke into the homes through unlocked doors and windows or after forcing their way in.

Det. Vince Couce said in several cases the victims were at home asleep at the time of the break-ins, but fortunately no confrontations occurred.

In one instance, one victimized household did not even know they had been burglarized until they heard about the break-ins from a neighbour and checked their own residence only to find valuables missing.

The thieves stole mostly electronics, including a 55-inch television and a 29-inch television, before making their escape.

A 2012 Toyota Highlander was also taken.

“We pretty much feel it was the same perpetrators involved in all these incidents,” said Couce.

“Because these happened in such a small space, the time frame and the number of them (break-ins), it looks like there was probably a crew that hit a street and went up and down it.”

Couce said it has been some time since Halton has seen this many homes broken into by one group of people in one evening.