The Naperville Police Department is reminding residents to their keep homes and vehicles locked to prevent burglaries.
In a Facebook post last week, the department noted that break-ins tend to increase during the summer, telling the public, “Make sure that you lock all doors and windows to your homes and to any vehicle left outside.”
This comes a few weeks after some cars and homes in Naperville’s Winding Creek neighborhood were broken into. At this time, no arrests have been made for the incidents.
Most burglaries so far this year committed without forced entry
According to Police Commander Rick Krakow, so far this year, there have been 45 vehicle burglaries and 17 residential burglaries. Of the residential burglaries, 57% were committed without forced entry, and more than 70% of vehicle burglaries were also without forced entry…