The incident follows another in Leith St last week in which a group of flatmates followed a man they discovered in their house.
Police were able to locate the group and arrest the intruder, who was described as "a possible peeper''.
There had been a cluster of similar offences in the area.
Donaldson said if there were multiple offences of that type it was a concern.
Bruce Donald Saxton, 53, appeared before the Dunedin District Court this afternoon charged with burglary of a property on Ethel Benjamin Place.
He was remanded on bail by Judge Dominic Flatley without plea until next month.
Saxton's bail conditions include a 9pm to 7am curfew and to not travel to north Dunedin beyond Frederick St.
