It may be a student community, but not everyone in the North Dunedin area is a student and burglars target the area looking for insecure property.
Campus Constable Max Holt encouraged students to take "simple precautions" to discourage burglars to keep their flats safe.
"Locking windows and doors is a really good start."
If a flat was secure, an offender would be more likely to move on to find an insecure place, he said.
Keeping a detailed list of valuable items, including the model and serial number of electrical goods, was useful in case a burglary occurred.
It was important to be aware burglaries happened just as frequently during daylight hours as at night and any suspicious behaviour should be reported to the police, Const Holt said.
Taking note of people or vehicles which looked out of place in the area would enable police to "clamp down" on thefts.
"Be cautious 100% of the time," he warned.