Thanks to Hertfordshire Constabulary for bringing my attention to the publication of this important Building Regulation Approved Document giving practical guidance about secure doors and windows for new homes. The current edition of Approved Document Q - Security - Dwellings supports requirement…

Just thought I'd mention the fact that something's going down in Buckinghamshire, Glamorgan, Midlothian and West Yorkshire. The rate at which the people of those counties are doing our Home Security Survey is around five times higher than normal! It's great to see the folks of Wales and Scotland…

Last night a person living in Warwickshire completed the 4,000th Home Security Survey on this website. This means we're four fifths of the way to having some additional programming completed to enable us to drill down deeper into the findings. We can't do it just yet, because there are eight…

I thought this story in the Waltham Forrest Guardian was a bit novel...... Retired police officers are swapping handcuffs for hand tools in a bid to battle the number of cowboy builders targeting the vulnerable. Former Met cops are being employed by a new “trustworthy” handyman…

Well done indeed to local Metropolitan police officer, Belinda Goodwin, and her colleagues who've put together a pretty good Home Security film aimed at the residents of the London Borough of Havering. The film shows ‘Ricky Jones', a full-time burglar of that parish, walking around the…

Yesterday I said goodbye to friends who have been staying with us since last Thursday. We had a great time and one of the highlights for them was a trip to the Camden Town markets. This is one of our favourite places to visit in London and my wife and I usually manage at least a dozen trips each…