Officers from Charnwood local policing unit are appealing for public help after a motocross bike was stolen from Thurmaston.

The Suzuki RM250 motocross bike was stolen from a communal bike shed in Checkland Road, Thurmaston sometime between 5.30am on Wednesday August 25 and 2pm on Thursday August 26.

Police are asking householders in Oadby to report any suspicious activity, following a number of recent burglaries or attempted burglaries.

There have been seven break-ins in the area over the past three weeks.

Inspector Jed Keen, commander of the Oadby and Wigston local policing unit, said: “Oadby has a relatively low burglary rate, and we are working hard to keep it that way.

“However, we have seen a number of burglaries in residential parts of the area over the past three weeks, mainly during daytimes.

“We are carrying out extra uniformed patrols and covert work in the area in order to deter further burglaries or catch the culprits. If you see anyone acting suspiciously, please call us immediately on 999.”

Taking very basic precautions greatly reduces your chances of being victim of burglary, according to police on south Leicestershire.

In the past seven days, more than half of the home burglaries or attempted burglaries in south Leicestershire were due to offenders entering a property through unlocked doors or windows, or talking their way in.

Leicestershire County Council Trading Standards Service has recently received a complaint regarding a scam and would like to issue a warning to all Leicestershire residents to be vigilant when receiving telephone calls asking for personal information.
The complaint received by Adults and Communities, and passed to Trading Standards involved a vulnerable adult receiving a telephone call claiming that the resident’s welfare benefits were going to stop and that the resident actually owed money. The caller wanted the resident’s bank details. This telephone call was traced and found to be made from aboard.
Trading Standards would like to remind residents that bank details, passwords, pin number etc are personal information and that no reputable company or organisation would cold call and ask for these details'.

Please pass this message onto as many people as you can – your help is truly appreciated.

Police are appealing for public help following the theft of an agricultural tractor from a farm on the A444 Burton Road in Sibson.

Sometime overnight between 10pm on Tuesday August 3 and 5am the following morning (Wednesday August 4), a building on the farm was broken into and the tractor was taken.

It is believed that the tractor was then driven along Gibbet Lane.

The vehicle registration, of the stolen red Manitou tractor, is AE10 FFJ.

This is a message to all watch members and key individuals living and working in the Harborough District

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Do you think young people get an unfair reputation for causing trouble? Have you ever upset someone without realising it? Do you know how your community could reduce the amount of anti-social behaviour in your neighbourhood?

Now’s your chance to have a say. We are asking you to make a short video on the theme of anti-social behaviour and upload it to YouTube (details below). What you put in it is up to you. You have to live in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland to take part, and you must not cause anti-social behaviour or a crime for the purpose of making the film. It should be no longer than three minutes long.

Motorcycle owners in Braunstone are being urged to increase security after five bikes were snatched from gardens in the last month.

In the majority of cases the bikes had been secured with a lock and left out of sight in a rear garden. Two of the bikes were later recovered on Braunstone Park, one of which had been set on fire.

Latest government figures show that more than 60,000 British travellers reported their passport lost or stolen abroad between April 2009 and March 2010. This is despite new research by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), which shows that 83 per cent of people say they always store their passport in a safe place. IPS is today urging passport holders to take a few simple steps to keep their documents safe abroad and in the UK.

Use this link to read to find how how you can avoid becoming a victim

Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman’s pension money was stolen from her home in Loughborough.

The incident happened sometime between 2pm and 2.30pm yesterday (Monday August 9) when the victim answered her door to her property on King Edward Road to a man selling cleaning items.

The victim, who had been visited by the man before selling similar products, let him in and bought a cleaning cloth from him.

Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of two tractors in Great Easton.

The incident is believed to have taken place between 5.30pm on Monday July 19 and 6.30am on Tuesday July 20 at a farm in Caldecott Road.

During the incident two tractors were stolen. The first tractor is described as a Blue Landini tractor, registration AE09 EUP and the second tractor is described as a red Zetor tractor, registration AE07 PVJ

Motorists in the Western Park area of Leicester are being warned after five vehicles were targeted by thieves in just ten days.

In the majority of cases the cars were broken into overnight with items including sat navs, sunglasses, a bank card and a petrol can stolen.

Police are hunting offenders who entered or tried to enter the homes of three elderly women in South Leicestershire on Thursday August 5th. They are treating the incidents as burglary or attempted burglary.

In each occasion a man told the householder he was dealing with flooding or was from the water board.

Harborough Police are appealing for help from the public following a distraction burglary in Houghton on the Hill.

The burglary happened early afternoon on Thursday July 29, 2010 when the elderly resident received a knock at her front door at her property on Weir Lane.

She answered to the door to a man claiming to be selling household items. The woman let the man into her house before buying a pair of scissors from him. During the sale, the man asked the victim for a glass of water to which she gave him one.

The man left shortly after and the victim then noticed her purse containing a quantity of cash was missing.

Officers from Blaby local policing unit are appealing for witnesses following a spate of arson attacks in Glenfield.

In the last five weeks, four separate incidents have been reported of fires have been started deliberately in the area.

Witnesses are being sought to the incidents.