What You Can Do To Make Your Home More Secure

Get a burglar alarm installed

We keep so much stuff in our homes, including many items of significant worth and sentimental value. This makes it all the more puzzling that only a third of UK homes have a burglar alarm. 

Less than every two minutes (106 seconds, to be precise) a home in the UK is burgled, but it wouldn’t be anywhere close to this frequency if more properties had a bells-only, dialler, wireless or silent burglar alarm. 

A reliable, fully-fitted alarm can cost just £200 and should keep your home out of harm’s way.

Don’t leave out a spare key

You could end up with egg on your face if a thief swipes a spare key that you have ‘hidden’ under a plant pot or doormat and uses it to gain entry into your house. 

They won’t believe their luck and it happens far too often, with home insurance policies potentially being invalidated because of it. 

The more sensible thing to do is cut some keys for anyone you’re happy to have one, hand it to them face-to-face and make them promise to look after it.

Invest in new windows & doors

If their hunt for a spare key outside fails, a thief’s next likely step will be to try and get one of your windows or doors open. 

They shouldn’t stand a chance of doing this, but that depends on whether the locking systems are tamper-proof and the glass can, or cannot, be removed from outside the house. 

Find out what state your windows and doors are in by giving them the push test. When pushed, they shouldn’t move an inch. If they do, new windows and doors are a must.