Alexandra Locksmiths were called to a job in Totteridge, London N20. The customer had a PVC back door which was jammed shut. The lady firstly wanted us to open the door and then identify what the problem was and repair or replace it. When we got the door open we could see that the PVC mechanism was […]
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As the nights get darker and longer, so crime rates increase. Hence the idea of National Home Security Month, supported by Yale. The scheme commenced last year and has been designed to raise awareness for home owners and promote greater home security. Each week of National Home Security Month has a different theme relating to various security topics. This
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The Tottenham and Wood Green Independent recently reported that a pensioner in Wood Green had been the victim of a robbery after men posing as Water Board officials managed to enter his property. Whilst distracting him by requesting that he turn the bathroom taps on, the bogus callers proceeded to steal money from the man’s
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Alexandra Locksmiths have recently fitted a bar gate to an elderly ladies house in North London after she was robbed whilst at home. Our customer who is in her 80’s was at home last week, she has a pvc front door and had lifted the handle up from the inside thinking that the door was
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The Metropolitan Police recently reported on two Con-artists that have been jailed for a total of 15 years, following a spate of burglaries selectively against elderly victims across Islington, Lewisham and Southwark. 39 year old Edward James Rodmell, unemployed, of Westmoreland Road, Southwark and Italian national, 24 year old Marilane Guardascione, of no fixed abode,
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The Crime Prevention Website has recently published an article reporting on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Crime bulletin. The information provided by the ONS’s findings showed that there has been a decrease of 14% in crimes against homes and their adult residents for England and Wales in the year up until March 2014, which
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On September 13th Metropolitan Police officers were called to an address in Wembley, London. They had answered a call following a report of burglary. On arrival, they spoke to the victims and were informed that one of them had been handcuffed by the perpetrators of the crime. The burglars had entered the London home wearing police uniforms,
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Alexandra Locksmiths are proud to have been named one of Small Business Saturday UK’s Small Business Saturday 100. We were selected as one of 100 companies to represent UK small business in the run up to this year’s Small Business Saturday UK on 6th December. Small Business Saturday is a grass-roots, non-political, non-commercial campaign that supports, inspires
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The Crime Prevention Website recently reported on Camden Police’s Crime Prevention and Community Safety Market Day, which took place in Camden on 20th July. Over 600 people came to the event, which had been organised to enable communication between the police force and local residents in a relaxed and informal atmosphere and also to raise awareness
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Police are calling for witnesses following a robbery in Muswell Hill which occurred at 11.10am on Monday 28th July 2014 in Princes Avenue. The victim, an elderly gentleman, had his life savings stolen. He had just withdrawn a large sum of cash at the bank in Muswell Hill Broadway and was walking back to his son’s
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