One of the drawbacks of hot weather is that we like to open windows. There's nothing wrong with that, but unfortunately some of us forget to close them again when we go out. All crime needs opportunity for it to occur and, in fact, most of it can be prevented. To find out what I'm getting at…

If you've been thinking about getting a burglar alarm to improve your home security then you have been thinking along the right lines. Houses with alarms are a lot less likely to be broken into and with summer holidays on the horizon maybe now is the time to take that next step and invite those…

If you're going on holiday this summer it will be really important to give people the impression that you at home when you're not. This can be partly achieved by ensuring that some of your internal lights are operated by timers and or solar switches. For much more advice please see this section…

With reference to the previous Tip 6 have you ever considered supporting The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents' Lighter Evenings Campaign? I do, because there is every chance that the change would reduce opportunity for crime. Please take a look at this pageon The Crime Prevention…

Long summer evenings provide us with an opportunity to work on the outside of the house and so is the ideal time to make improvements to our outside lighting so it will be ready for the winter. There are misconceptions about security lighting, so to find out how you should go about it please see…

It's amazing what people will keep in a garage – in addition to or instead of the car – and yet I invariably find that the security of the garage door and its windows is simply not up to the job. It's really important to ensure that the garage is properly secured, especially if you…