Timely guidance about bogus callers and doorstep crime. "Commission home or garden work from known companies. Use the Edinburgh Trusted Trader Scheme; check here: https://www.trustedtrader.scot/Edinburgh/ (or 0333 444 7016).
Door-to-door selling: Ask to see their official 'peddlers licence'. Be very aware of personable plausible impersonators of utility company staff and the like.
With unexpected callers, check first through a window or door viewer to establish who it is. If you open the door, keep it on a door chain or door guard if you can while you establish who it is. Keep the person outside your house. Check identity cards carefully. Establish the organisation / company exists. Don't use the phone number on the identity card; it may be fake.
Keep your household doors locked as standard practice."
For further information, visit https://www.scotland.police.uk/advice/scams-and-frauds
You can contact the local crime prevention team via edinburghpreventandintervent@scotland.police.uk