There have been six break and enters over the weekend and a total of 14 in the last seven days. Mostly occurred at night time while residents were home alseep.

Please be on high alert as a number of homes in your area have been broken into or attempts have been made to break into them. Offender/s have gained entry through an unlocked sliding glass door and flyscreen window (including bathroom, toilet and kitchen window). Offences occurred while residents were home and property such as car keys, wallets, iPads, phones etc left on kitchen benches or in plain view were taken and cars then subsequently stolen.

Please review your home security and take time to read the following suggestions:

Make sure doors and windows in unoccupied areas of your home are kept closed and locked.

Consider fitting security measures to easily accessible windows if you need to keep windows open.

Keep your valuable items out of sight.

Report suspicious activity in the area.

Report anyone hanging around looking into houses or yards.

Offenders will continue to repeat this behaviour while they are able. Police are requesting your assistance to deter this type of behavior, to keep you safe and protect your property. If you need police urgently, please ring Triple Zero (000) and for non-urgent matters contact Policelink on 131 444.

Please contact Crime Stoppers if you would like to report a matter on 1800 333 000.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.

You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.