Sev­er­al res­i­dents in Val­sayn North say they are con­cerned about the dif­fer­ent strate­gies now be­ing used by crim­i­nals to find vic­tims, amidst sev­er­al re­ports of lar­ce­nies, rob­beries and even home in­va­sions in the com­mu­ni­ty for the year thus far.

The res­i­dents ac­knowl­edge that while there has been a vis­i­ble po­lice and pri­vate se­cu­ri­ty pres­ence through­out their neigh­bour­hoods, they are still wary of crim­i­nals ac­cess­ing their homes.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia at his home last week, one life­long res­i­dent, Wayne Go­sine, said the com­mu­ni­ty has al­ways tak­en pre­cau­tions about their sur­round­ings and per­son­al safe­ty, but felt that crim­i­nals have been us­ing new­er and more in­no­v­a­tive meth­ods of en­ter­ing the com­mu­ni­ty to stage at­tacks.