An increase in quad bike thefts across North Wales has led police to give more advice on how to keep them safe.

On the community alerts page, North Wales police are offering advise following a noticeable increase in incidents from farms, particularly in the southern areas the force covers.

They say that they are investigating a number of the thefts and will be conducting a number of night-time operations to try to combat them.

They have, however, recommended a number of steps quad bike owners can take to protect them. These include:

  • Lock your quad bike away in a secure building when not in use
  • Consider the security of that building, thieves do not like light and sound, so security measures incorporating these would help
  • Shut entrance gates and padlock them, an open gate is often an open invitation
  • consider CCTV - it could cost less than you think
  • Consider installing a tracker to your quad bike – police say that they recover the majority of stolen quads that have a tracker installed

The police said: “One of the biggest problems with quad bikes is identifying the owner of any quad bikes recovered, so please make a record of any unique numbers such as serial numbers, engine numbers etc.

“Take plenty of photographs of your bikes, in particular unique features of them such as any dents, or damage to paintwork etc.

“Please report any suspicious behaviour to the police, using 999 if you believe a theft is taking place , if you are not happy with what you see then phone 101 or use the web chat or web reporting feature on our force web site.”

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