Dealing with security
We want you to feel safe and secure in your home. We have provided you with some useful advice below. You may wish to contact your local Community Police Officer for some individual advice.
In your home ensure that you:
- Keep all doors locked, even when you are in
- Leave a light on when you go out at night
- If you are out for long periods, use a light timer.
- Think about fitting a burglar alarm and a panic alarm
- Think about fitting window locks
Dealing with security
Outside your home ensure that you:
- Keep your garage, shed and outbuildings locked even when you are busy in the garden.
- Tools and ladders should always be locked away or secured when not in use.
- Security lighting provides a good deterrent and helps to reduce the fear of crime if it illuminates an area which you or your neighbours are able to see.
When you answer the door:
- If you can, switch on an outside light.
- Use your door safety locks e.g. chain, and your peephole, or entry phone if you have one.
- Ask for identification and check it.
- Always stay with the caller, if you have let them in.
Do not let anyone in if you are unsure.
When you go on holiday
- Remember to cancel milk and papers and remove from view any valuable property.
- Make a house look occupied by fitting light timers.
- Ask a friend or neighbour to close the curtains at night.
- Put your valuables in a secure place.
- Leave a key with your neighbour.
Look after your possessions by:
- Getting rid of boxes that expensive possessions have been boxed in.
- Mark your valuables with a security marker. They can be bought from most DIY shops. Your Crime Prevention Officer will provide you with 'Postcoded Property' stickers for your window.
- Think about photographing your valuables.
Last update: 24/06/2011
