People are being warned to be on the lookout for thieves stealing scrap metal.
Police issued the warning after an increase in reports of thefts of scrap metal, including gardening equipment, from homes across the county.
A police spokesman said: "The value of metal is quite high and the number of thefts is going up.
"It is something we take seriously and we have got crime reduction officers in all areas who are constantly giving advice, but people need to take responsibility for securing their property.
"One tactic is, they will knock on the door and if no-one answers they will go round the back.
"We are reminding people to make sure they don't have items visible for the opportunist thief to steal. If there are items in the garden that shouldn't be there, it is giving them an easy target."
One resident from Hinckley told the Mercury that people pretending to be legitimate scrap collectors had been spotted in the area taking items.
"Some are going on to driveways and rear gardens and taking things they shouldn't," he said.
"I had an exhaust go missing after being asked if they could have it and I said no.
"A neighbour's daughter had a back gate taken.
"I parked my caravan at my girlfriend's house.
"She found a gang around it asking if they could have it. I think they were about to take it."
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