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The latest Digital Criminal 2012 CyberSafety Report from Legal & General highlights the fact that sites with the focus on flathunting or rooms for rent can prove goldmines of information for local burglars. In the current economy, more people are renting out rooms within their homes to lodgers or even furnished accommodation as complete houses. [...]

Whether it’s a wedding or a funeral, family events cause a lot of preparatory traffic. The sort of comings and goings that can alert the casual thief to ‘something happening’ at a particular house. And something happening could mean a moment or even several hours of opportunity. I know this for a fact. Home Security [...]

The clocks have gone back, the nights are drawing in. That means bonfires, jumpers and sadly, a rise in break-ins. Long, dark evenings are ideal for opportunists. So make sure you stay safe, raise your home security during the winter months, and thwart the criminals who use the cover of darkness. You’ve reset your clocks, [...]

I’ve just read about another brilliant idea, an idea to improve our security and make life even more difficult for crooks. Intruders go to great lengths to hide their face.  Now though they might as well smile for the camera, as technology has been developed to identify a suspect by their gait. With the development [...]

Lots of interesting stories in the news recently about hidden CCTV systems, both in the home and out in public. Sheffield City Council’s Licensing Committee are considering making cameras compulsory in all private hire cars after taxi driver, Arshad Mahmood lost an eye in an attack by a passenger with a glass bottle. This was [...]

The recently published 2011 Crime Survey for England and Wales  asked 50,000 people for their direct experiences of crime. Interestingly, the Crime Survey showed that people think crime is getting worse – but not where they live. It’s the perception gap between what we know is going on and what we think is going on. [...]

Tecom Investments, a subsidiary of Dubai Holding, centralized its security for a total of 24 buildings in three technology parks with artec technologies AG’s video surveillance system MULTIEYE-HYBRID®.This has been implemented at the highly modern technology sites known as Internet City, Media City, and Knowledge Village. These three locations are not only home to regional [...]

Despite the economic turbulence, the global CCTV and video surveillance equipment market continued to grow throughout the downturn.IMS Research remains confident that demand for CCTV video surveillance equipment will remain strong through 2012; growth for network video surveillance equipment sales is forecast to exceed 25%. In a previous press release (The Tipping Point Approaches – [...]

Further to our post on Home Security and Crime Rates in the USA, here’s a small section enlarged which shows the times when a property is most vulnerable and also the methods used to gain entry. At a time when there is one burglary every 15.4 seconds in the USA, Britain is unlikely to be [...]

Christmas is just around the corner again and at this time, our homes may not only be unoccupied for long periods as we visit friends and relatives, but will probably be full of valuable items both before and after the festive period. It’s time to make sure that your home security is up to date [...]