Now, what I'm about to say is based on anecdotal evidence and a tiny bit of research and mostly states the bleedin' obvious, but I'm going to say it anyway! I've been recording the weather over the past few weeks and have noticed that when the sun is out the number of visitors to my site goes…

I was in the company of a project manager for one of our national house builders yesterday, running through some detail concerning the doors and windows they are going to use on their new development in central London. They're hoping to achieve a police ‘Secured by Design' award for this…

Have you noticed how few stories there are about crime prevention – as opposed to the number of stories giving details of crimes committed and the victims and perhaps the successful police operations to arrest the offenders? Open any newspaper to see for yourself. Yes, you'll get the odd…

April, May and early June are the busiest months of the year for activity on The Crime Prevention Website. The weather's improving, people are back out in the garden and some of you are making 2015 the year that you secured your home – properly! Ben reminded me last week that 10,000 people…

The basic five-lever mortice sashlock on my shed's double leaf door packed up last week. It had come with the shed (the front half of which I use as my office) and was about 10-years-old. ‘Why didn't you have a BS 3621 sashlock in the door?' I hear some of you say. Well, the office is…

Newsletter 15, marking our third birthday, was sent to subscribers on Wednesday This issue takes a look at where we are parking our vehicles and which of these places is safest and tells you about a new security product that Calvin's been using called ‘Fake TV'. As usual the letter…