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Two week attack on cars
Police have stepped up patrols in Berkhamsted and Tring following a spate of car break-ins.
Motorists in the towns have been faced with stolen sat navs, number plates and a catalogue of smashed windows over the past two weeks.
Police have not ruled out that some of the break-ins may be linked and have increased patrols in the affected areas.
Detective Inspector Fraser Wylie from Dacorum area crime, said: "There has been an increase in theft from cars in Tring and Berkhamsted."
However, he said the numbers were still relatively low with 29 reported in the towns last month.
"This is something we are taking very seriously and have increased our high visibility patrols accordingly and we are also exploring a variety of other tactics. We are also urging members of the public to be extra vigilant.
He warned people not to leave any valuables on display and to try not to leave their cars in isolated area.
DI Wylie also urged the public to look out for suspicious activity.
Here The Gazette has put together a time line of the car crimes over the past few weeks
February 23
Burglars forced the door of a home in Chiltern Way, Tring, before stealing keys, a laptop, an iPod and a wallet between 11.30pm and 2.45am the following day. The suspects drove away in the home owners' VW Golf.
February 26
A woman's handbag was stolen from her unlocked green VW Golf at Tesco car park on London Road, Tring while she returned her trolley at around 10.25am.
Outside All Saints Church, on Shrublands Avenue, Berkhamsted, vandals smashed the window of a black VW Golf between 7.30pm and 10.20am the following day.
A rear passenger window of a silver Vauxhall Meriva was smashed at Ashridge Park car park between 2pm to 4pm.
A black VW Passat had one of its windows broken and a sat nav stolen on Whitehill, Berkhamsted between 6pm and 4pm the next day.
February 27
The car window of a silver Ford KA was destroyed on Chesham Road, Wigginton, between Saturday 5.30pm and 7.30am on Monday.
February 28
An iPod Nano and sat nav was stolen from a blue Mazda Estate that was parked on Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted between 10pm and 7am on March 1.
A locked silver Saab Hatchback on Whitehill, in Berkhamsted, had one of the passenger windows broken between 8.45pm and March 1 at 7.30am.
A SatNav was taken from a black BMW on Queen Street in Tring between 11pm and 8am the following day.
March 2
Attempted theft at Ashridge around 12.30pm. The door lock of a blue Vauxhall Astra was damaged.
March 3
The front window of a black Mini was smashed and a sat nav stolen on Whitehill, Berkhamsted, between 7.30pm and 2pm on March 5.
March 4
Theft on Whitehill, Berkhamsted, between 1pm and 2.20am the next day. The front passenger window of a Silver Mitsubishi Hatchback was smashed and 12 CDs taken.
The number plates from a green Vauxhall Astra were stolen from a car on Swing Gate Lane between 6.10pm and 6.50am on March 5.
March 7
Attempted theft from a silver Honda Civic that was parted on Hoo Wood, Little Gaddesden.
March 8
Thieves stole the numberplates on a red Nissan Primera on Nettleden Road between 2.30pm and 3.30pm
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