Last month Money Supermarket released their annual figures for burglary occurrences within different postcode areas. The data is based on claims for the two years to 30th November 2014 and over 2.6 million quotes were analysed to determine the final figures. Of the top ten areas with the highest number of burglary claims, seven were within the Greater London area. Six of […]
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The Enfield Independent recently reported on an assault in Southgate, London. Police are appealing for witnesses following the crime. On Tuesday 27th January a woman was attacked in an attempted robbery at about 9.25pm. The incident occurred in Southgate’s Trent Gardens, close to the junction on Avenue Road. The 53 year old female victim suffered a
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As reported on the Crime Prevention Site recently, if you are unfortunate enough to be burgled then research suggests that you are very likely to be the victim of another burglary in the time period immediately following the original crime. The reasons for this can be wide and varied, however some possible explanations are as follows
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Small Business Saturday took place on 6th December 2014. The Small Business 100 that had been selected from various fields of British industry and commerce joined together on the day before (Friday 5th) for a celebration in Downing Street, London. Alexandra Locksmiths were very proud to be involved – as you can see from the photo
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Small business Saturday is tomorrow – Saturday 6th Dec 2014! Alexandra Locksmiths are full supporters of the scheme and we have been lucky enough to be selected as one of the Small Biz 100. Each of the 100 companies chosen have been featured on the site every day in the run up to 6th December to represent
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Network World and Mashable have both recently published articles regarding the security risk of having CCTV systems installed at home or work and not changing the default password. Many internet connected security cameras have IP addresses that are rather generic, or offer administration access from easily entered websites. Therefore anybody wanting to manage, control and ultimately
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Alexandra Locksmiths have recently fitted a security gate to a property in Muswell Hill, London N10. Our customer wanted a bar gate fitted at the side of his property, as there was a gap between the two houses and he thought that his side kitchen door was an easy access point and felt vulnerable as
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The Crime Prevention Website have recently highlighted the information campaign from the Home Office that is promoting the correct telephone number to use when contacting the Police force in a non-emergency situation. The 101 telephone number is current and correct for every Police force across the whole of the UK. The cost of any call to this
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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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