We had a sticker too. It was put on our door lock on Friday afternoon between 12-5pm. There were 3 of us in the house at the time so they are clearly putting these on all houses. Our house is very secure. I wouldn't worry too much. Just a good reminder to keep looking out for each other and be a bit nosy if something doesn't look right.

They are back?!

This was in the Wandsworth council bulletin this week:

http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/artic ... r_burglars

Just removed a sticker from outside of my property today on St James Drive. Did not see any stickers on any of the other surrounding properties...........have removed and disposed of it and reported it

Yes I had one of these stickers and the number did not exist. Very worrying.

We got a sticker on our door this morning.

I'd been looking out for them and checking my door every time I went out.

There wasn't one when I went out at 9am but when I got back at 11am there was a sticker....and a few houses on our road has one too (but not all of them) so it appears that whoever was putting them on was very select?

What's the process now? Should we call police? Have they resolved the mystery of these stickers yet?

I found one on my letter box last week, I was worried so called the number suggested by the bbc website and they said that I shouldn't worry, that so so many people have had stickers on their door and nothing has happened they are not even sure its linked to robberies at all anymore. he even suggested it never was?

I then looked down my street and everyone had a sticker !? Talk about subtle.

On top of that my house is very secure, I have a massive rottweiller and Im constantly at home as 38 weeks pregnant.
I think those stickers are nothing to worry about.

Hi all I've just got home to find a sticker. I've told 101. Out house is so secure but I now feel nervous. Should I be??

Same here. It appeared today on the letterbox - removed it and called the police too which advice us to check on the neighbours and alert them if they have one too. We are in Clapham Old Town.

I've just come home to find one of these stickers on our letterbox, very small, transparent, almost missed it. Took it off and alerted police via 101. The number on the sticker was the same which appears on the DM website which apparently doesn't work.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rgets.html

Much more likely that some ****wit at the printers got the number wrong.

Ok but that article doesn't explain why the number on the locksmith stickers in Wandsworth was fake. It is all a bit eery. I know many people who had the stickers on their doors, all with varying levels of home security so I agree, I am not sure how they are targeting people, maybe it is all a bit random, but there was definitely something going on.

update

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/my ... 53772.html

We live just off Northcote Rd and had one of these stickers put on our letterbox flap last year.
We are NOT an easy target. We have three large locks on our front door, one of them being a Banham. We have a very obvious alarm system. We have a security light, window locks, shutters (ie. can't see in) and with small children and an au pair there is always someone at home during the day. There is nothing of interest to burglars in our hall if they were to look through the letterbox.
Can someone please explain why we got a sticker?
I don't doubt that the person spending time at people's front doors putting on these stickers is up to no good, ie. using the time to get up close to doors, casing the joints, looking inside to see if anything's visible, listening for signs of occupation, checking out the locks etc. all the while ready with a perfect excuse for being there. But I think they are putting these stickers on EVERY door they check out, regardless of whether the house is easy or difficult to burgle. My case proves this point perfectly.
These stickers cannot make your house vulnerable. If your house is secure a sticker can't change anything.

We also had one stuck on our door buzzer.

No, it's not just Wandsworth. After I posted a link to the Daily Mail article on Facebook last night, but sister in law realised that they had one on their door and they're over in Forest Gate. Different phone number though. Sticker removed, police informed (just so that they can map it and inform local residents if necessary), and thankfully, no harm done. Although, the last person who entered their home without permission regretted their actions immediately after my brother greeted them with the huge heavy stick thing he uses for Kung Fu...!