I know some of you have been putting it off, but why not sort out that garden shed. At the same time you can make it more secure. You'll be surprised at the value of the contents of your shed and, of course, thieves often use tools found in the shed to break into the house. More advice…

Research tells us that burglar alarms reduce your chances of being burgled, as long as the alarm boxes are visible to the thief. If you've been thinking about getting one then perhaps now is the time to do it. If going for a professionally installed one, which could attract a discount on your…

One you've sorted out the external lighting turn your attention to your internal security lighting arrangements. You'll need to have lights coming on inside the dwelling quite early after the clock change and by late November before you get home from work. You really do need to make your home…

Take advantage of the still light evenings to change any lamps that are not working and to give them a good clean; removing the built-up air pollution deposits and clumps of spider webs that build up over the summer months. Now is also a good time to install new lighting units before we hit the…

Money Supermarket .com have recently launched a useful application aimed at university students to help them quickly check the chances of burglary in the vicinity of their university campus. I suspect the data used has come from the Police.uk website, but I like the way they have presented it. All…

It's September - Yeah! and time for you to share a link to my website so that people wanting to do some DIY security around the home can get access to about 250,000 words of free independent advice written by a retired cop. Hopefully a few of you might do this, especially those who've already…