Moment brazen thief steals freshly-delivered milk and food from family’s doorstep 

A brazen thief was caught on camera swiping freshly-delivered groceries from outside a family’s front door.

The doorbell-cam footage was recorded at 4.25am on a residential street in Crawley, West Sussex. 

The hooded figure scuttles through the snow to snatch up the box of bread and milk before hurriedly striding away with it tucked under their arm.

In the clip, recorded on February 8, a figure can be seen wearing a black hooded coat and grey tracksuit bottoms.

The crook strides across the front lawn with purpose as snow crunches noisily underfoot.

They reach the front of the family home before briefly crouching down to retrieve the grocery package from the floor. 

The figure then tucks the box under their arm and picks up the pace as they scurry past parked cars to make their getaway.

The doorbell-cam footage was recorded at 4.25am on a residential street in Crawley, West Sussex, as a brazen thief swiped freshly-delivered bread and milk from a family’s doorstep

The crook can be seen striding across the front lawn with purpose as snow crunches noisily underfoot

Josie Huggins, who shared the footage to Facebook, wrote: ‘Thanks to the idiot who stole our bread and milk delivery this morning. 

‘About five minutes after it was delivered.’

In a clip taken from a different angle, a dark-coloured car can be seen cruising up and down the residential street, appearing to scout around for bread and milk parcels just a few minutes before Josie’s doorstep was ransacked. 

They reach the front of the family home before briefly crouching down to retrieve the grocery package from the floor

The figure then tucks the box under their arm and picks up the pace as they scurry past parked cars to make their getaway

One social media user wrote: ‘Basically just scanning houses for milk…?!’

Another added: ‘The b****y cheek of it. I would have been fuming.’

And third commented: ‘Hope you have reported it to police. Not what you want happening on a snowy, cold day.’ 

A spokesman for Sussex Police told MailOnline: ‘Police received report of theft of groceries from a doorstep in Jersey Road, Crawley on Monday (8 February).

‘The incident took place about 4.20am and the suspect is believed to have taken around £10 worth of items.

‘Anyone with information can report online or call 101, quoting 133 of 08/02.’