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Police in Kent have been out in force to help tackle the rising tide of thefts of catalytic converters.

The Church insurer Ecclesiastical has issued SmartWater forensic kits to more than 400 Welsh Baptist chapels in order to help combat lead thefts.

A huge security clampdown has been launched by Central Networks at thousands of electricity sub stations in the West Midlands.

Rising losses of lead from the roofs of Torfaen Council buildings has led to the adoption of a new anti-theft chemical coding scheme. In the past two years the thefts have cost the council £60,000 and it’s estimated a further £72,000 could be lost over the next three years if nothing is done.

Network Rail on Track to Beat Cable Theft

Network Rail is to deploy new technology to help fight one of the biggest causes of disruption to train services - the theft of railway cables. In the West Midlands alone, 462 trains were cancelled and others were delayed by nearly 74,000 minutes over the last year.

Farmers are being enlisted in the fight against crime in Darlington’s rural areas.

THE heat is being turned up on thieves taking boilers from empty properties.

Police in Bloxwich are tackling crime in Beechdale with the help of SmartWater.

A Sharp fall in the number of burglaries in Wokingham during the past year has prompted police to re-emphasise the borough is a safe place to live.

A police spokesman has said that SmartWater was having a positive effect in combating rural thefts.