On a related note, I just had a couple of chancers knock on the door claiming they were trying to return a stolen motorbike that had been left the previous night on their private road. Apparently the police had left them to return it, and only gave them the owner's street, not full address. Also, they were vague about make and model because they didn't know much about motorbikes.
But it clearly boiled down to 'can you tell me the house number of anyone with an expensive motorbike?'.
On a related note, I just had a couple of chancers knock on the door claiming they were trying to return a stolen motorbike that had been left the previous night on their private road. Apparently the police had left them to return it, and only gave them the owner's street, not full address. Also, they were vague about make and model because they didn't know much about motorbikes.
But it clearly boiled down to 'can you tell me the house number of anyone with an expensive motorbike?'.