Break in 23 Oct 2016

Between midnight and 3am this morning a residence in Nottingham Road was broken into while the resident was out and 2 Laptops, jewelry and cellphone, clothing, were taken. The perp used a hacksaw to cut through a security gate and then spent a lengthy time in the house going through all cupboards and leaving a huge mess. There was no alarm …

Teamwork leads to arrests

We had two train commuters robbed on the train today and in each case, the perps robbed persons on the train between Steenberg and Lakeside Stations and then they jump off the train with peoples belongings. The first instance this am a lady was robbed but clung onto her tablet and 2 males got away with R50. The lady was …

Keep your Bicycles Safe!

Dear residents, Just to alert you to the fact that bicycle theft is climbing dramatically. Whether bicycles are stored on the rear of a vehicle or in your garage, please take extra precautions to secure and lock these. Have alarm sensors installed in garages or outside rooms and have the “STAY feature” activated on your alarms that allows you to …

Incident Report 19 May 2017 – Kirstenhof

Yet again…….more reasons, for more cameras and more people to offer their services as patrollers. The following extract happened last night to a KCW member. Thank goodness their family was not harmed…..it could have been tragic!!! “At one point or another crime hits us all. At 4am this morning some low life criminal decided to invade my house, my security …

Incident Report – 16 May 2017

At approx 16:00 today a young 10 year old (Special Needs) boy who attends a school in Raapkraal Road in Kirstenhof, bolted through the gate when his dad arrived to collect him. An alert went out and patrollers immediately responded from Kirstenhof, Orchard Village and Lakeside. Alerts also went out on our residential Whatsapp groups. We were tipped off by …

Incident Report 14 May 2017

At approx 21:50 there was a home invasion at 3 Verwood Road (Off Old Boyes Drive). 2 males dressed in dark clothing, one wearing gloves first managed to find two pairs of Garden shears from an outside store and pried open the first door into the Sun Room. They then were busy with the second door to get into the …

Break-in Incident

Incident Report: 3 September 2016 At approx 13:45 today, there was an attempted breakin at The Waterways complex off Cambridge Road near Lakeside Station. The perp had climbed the trellis after gaining access to the property through the bush at the rear of the property. The resident home alone, screamed which thankfully made the perp run away leaving her traumatized …

Failed Hijacking

Incident report – 30 August 2016 A resident was on his way home from Claremont. Stopping at a traffic light a women approached the passenger window to distract the driver. Whilst looking left another pepper sprayed the driver through his driver side window which was a bit open. Fortunately they only sprayed 1 eye and so the driver was able …

Boyes Drive Robbery

Incident Report – 30 August 2016 All residents, please be aware that today around lunch time, an elderly couple who had stopped on Boyes Drive to take a hike up the mountain, were robbed by two males at gunpoint and then fled up the mountain in the direction of St James. Various items were stolen. SAPS and Sanparks have been …

Attacked leaving station at night

26 August 2016 On Friday the 26th Aug at around 20:15, a resident got off the train at Lakeside Station and headed on foot down Rooikraans Road. He was sadly mugged and pushed to the ground where he was kicked. He advised LCW that he had a broken nose and very sore ribs (Still needed a medical assessment to see …