Shell Point residents said they've seen a rash of thefts this summer ranging from kayaks to patio furniture taken in broad daylight.

"The whole Shell Point neighborhood is on edge," said Claire Wright, who lives on Longwood Avenue.

She said over the 12 years she has lived in Shell Point there have been sporadic thefts, but never all at one time like this.

Wright said there were six kayak thefts, including two of her own, over the last week of June. She also said there were five kayak thefts during the early spring bringing the total to 11 in just the last few months. Wright said people in the neighborhood keep their kayaks locked up on the back beach that runs along West Boulevard, meaning someone is using bolt cutters to free the kayaks.

Wright said her kayaks were worth about $400 and some of her neighbors had more expensive L.L. Bean and Old Town kayaks.

But Jeff Brooks, who lives on West Boulevard, was hit even closer to home.

Brooks had $1,800 worth of patio furniture stolen in broad daylight on Tuesday, June 24. He said he took his two two-year-old boys for a walk that afternoon when they came back 30 minutes later they were missing a sofa and two additional cushions.

"We had only bought the furniture two days before," said Brooks.

According to Brooks, Wareham Police investigated the crime, but when he suggested to a detective they put a GPS device in one of his new cushions on the chance the criminal returns, the detective said, "We don't want to risk losing our GPS unit."

"I would think the department would want to do something after there have been a number of occurrences," said Brooks.

Wright said when her husband reported to police that their two kayaks were stolen, the police said it was the first they had heard of kayak thefts, even though a number of them had occurred in the last week.

Interim Police Chief Kevin Walsh said he was aware that there were a few kayaks stolen recently, but unaware that a number of them have been stolen in a relatively short period of time.

"I'll have to check on that," he said.

But Wright said she and other Shell Point residents have not been satisfied with the police response thus far.

"It's really frightening," she said. "It feels like we're not even protected."