A spike in day time burglaries in Keilor Park and St Albans has local police urging local residents to be on high alert.
Sunshine Police warned residents living in an area of residential homes north of Calder Freeway and east of Keilor Park Drive to be on alert for suspicious behaviour on its Eyewatch – Brimbank Police Services Area Facebook page.
There have also been “a fair bit of (burglary) activity” in Main Road, Sunshine Avenue, Taylors Road and The Esplanade over the past week.
It also reported a series of garage burglaries in Sunshine North during the afternoon and overnight between Metherall and Cary streets, and Suffolk Road and Ballarat Road.
Sunshine Police Leading Senior Constable Matt Mudie said there had been “obvious pattern of garages being targeted”.
“Over the past week, we’ve seen a definite spike in numbers,” he said.
