Syracuse police officers say they are seeing an unprecedented number of burglaries near college campuses at the start of the new school year.

One video showed an alleged burglary in progress, according to a Syracuse landlord. He said it took place Sunday morning.

Syracuse Police report burglaries in the southeast part of the city near Syracuse University and Lemoyne College are up by 122%.

William Osuchowski, a landlord on SU Hill, said a number of his tenants have been hit.

“We’ve had at least five. Over the weekend, probably another six, seven, maybe even eight or more,” he said.

Joe Cecile, Syracuse police chief, weighed in.

“We’ve even had a couple of these burglaries where they've seen the burglar in the home, but thought it was just a roommate because it was dark at night,” Cecile said.

Cecile said he also flooded the area with officers and other law partners to stop the crime.

He pointed to a balcony with a dog.

“Oh, this guy has a dog, so that's probably gonna, that's another crime-prevention thing right there," Cecile said. "Most people won't go into a home with a dog. We have more numbers up here than probably ever before. We have both been marked in marks up here. We just reached out to our partners in the state. Troopers have deployed some folks as well.”

The increase in law enforcement around Syracuse University is in response to the crime surge. That includes door knockers being hung on off-campus housing like apartments.

The door knockers have a safety checklist for residents.

“I heard about it (an increase in burglaries) in this area, so I'm just locking my doors, like my windows, to make sure everything's safe. And then in the morning when I wake up, I make sure everything's still intact," said Tyrese Nyanjong, a Syracuse University freshman.

Cecile urged residents to remove opportunities for crime by locking windows and doors and keeping personal items, like keys, in a bedroom or close to you.

“Whatever they can find," Cecile said. "They’re taking car keys. They’re going directly out to the driveway. They are stealing cars. In some cases, multiple cars right out of the driveway.”

While on patrol of the Syracuse University area, Syracuse officers and members of the SU Department of Public Safety chased and apprehended two alleged burglars early Sunday morning.

That arrest revealed additional concerns.

“Both of these individuals were involved in these burglaries up here," Cecile said. "Occupied burglaries and both of them had loaded handguns on them. So it's, it's, you know, it's a dangerous situation, and students just need to realize that lock your doors, lock your windows, watch what's going on around you.”

Syracuse Police Department data shows that 277 total burglaries have been reported in the last nine months in the southeastern portion of the city.