Police are appealing for information and urging people to be vigilant after a recent spate of burglaries in the south Oxfordshire area.

Between 6pm and 8pm on Monday, burglars broke into a property in Northfield Avenue in Lower Shiplake. They broke a small pane of glass and stole a games console and a laptop.

Between 4pm on Saturday and 1.15pm on Sunday, burglars forced open a rear ground-floor window at a property in Peppard Common and stole a Rolex watch and a Vauxhall Astra which was parked on the drive.

A house was also broken into in Toker’s Green in Kidmore End on Saturday evening. At about 2am on Sunday, a house was broken into in Baskerville Road, Sonning Common, where the offenders smashed a garage window. Two men wearing hooded tops were seen running away. Nothing was stolen from either properties.

Between 9am and 9.50am on October 8burglars forced their way into a house in Churchill Crescent in Sonning Common and stolen a Sony Bravia television and some computer equipment.

Det Con Georgina Bradley said: “I urge anyone who may have seen suspicious activity in the area to contact me."

Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to contact Det Con Bradley at Didcot police station via 0845 8 505 505, or if you don’t want to talk to the police or give your name, call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.