Attempted break in. Worrying....

Being burgled is a terrble thing. I do not think the criminals understand the impact it has on the victims. So get a dog or at least a sign that says you have a dog. If you have an expensive car get a tracker fitted so that if the car gets stolen the police can track it at no risk to yourself. At the end of the day your life is worth far more than a car. People have died trying to stop them taking their cars
 
I used to be lary when I was younger and would take on anybody without a second thought. I'm to old and knackered now and don't have the bravado I once had. As @Andy McDonnell says you stand no chance against three unless you don't give a s*** and have a very large bad to hand.
Let em go and deal with the aftermath later.
 
Uncle_Clanger said:
Burglary is a horrible thing, a mate of mine had cameras and could see see 2 of them in his house from his bedroom at 3am. He lives in Thailand so he knew better than to challenge them, since many of the household have loads of electronic devices that are easy to sell for drug money I imagine the figures must be on the way up in the UK. I know violent crime is and still the force gets chopped!

My mate lost a load of electronics. He never felt safe again, he and his wife moved and took a course at the local shooting range.
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Machine gun emplacements are being installed. =))

It seems that there is nothing that you can legally do now or from a security point to view to prevent this. The thieves seem to have carte blanche to do anything they want and then the law protects them.
One was caught after a burglary a few weeks ago, but because he wasn't with his swag the police had to release him.
There have been dozens of such break in's across town recently.
 
I had my business burgled some years ago and even though it was remote from my home it felt like you had been violated personally.
Not too many years ago the BBC showed how easy it was to break into homes whit PVC doors by snapping the locks off from outside, only a few days later several homes in our village, including ours, was attempted to be burgled. We were lucky as the huge bunch of keys on Shirl's key ring jammed the lock from falling out and allowing these scrotes into our home at the dead of night. We have since replaced all the exterior door locks with stainless steel ones to prevent this from happening again. But how stupid of the BBC to show how easy it was to do ?:(

Tony.
 
t-tony said:
I had my business burgled some years ago and even though it was remote from my home it felt like you had been violated personally.
Not too many years ago the BBC showed how easy it was to break into homes whit PVC doors by snapping the locks off from outside, only a few days later several homes in our village, including ours, was attempted to be burgled. We were lucky as the huge bunch of keys on Shirl's key ring jammed the lock from falling out and allowing these scrotes into our home at the dead of night. We have since replaced all the exterior door locks with stainless steel ones to prevent this from happening again. But how stupid of the BBC to show how easy it was to do ?:(

Tony.
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Locks are a completely different story. Eurolocks are so simple to break in most instances. People install cheap and frequently the wrong sized barrels.
You need anti-bump, anti-snap locks.
 
We have been burgled three times in 12 years. I have fitted burglar alarms and changed all locks to non Euro and all is well so far.

Be vigilant I say. Make your home difficult to get into and they'll go next door if you're lucky.

Each time it happened the feeling of violation occurs. Scummy b@@@@@s.

Anyway don't let them worry you too much. After all they only take 'things' that can be replaced.

Dave
 
They tried it at my place years ago, forced a window open.
My Old English Sheep Dog's barking scared them off.
If they had got in, the daft old dog would probably have licked them to death....:rolleyes:
 
This wasn't the normal opportunistic break in. Theres nothing going to stop this kind of theft. They're going for a specific target and security, lights, dogs - nothing deters them.
Little point in getting a decent new car - they've become incredibly easy to nick. Just get the keys.
Stay safe. Stay happy. Stay crime free. Drive an old environmentmentally unfriendly car. ;)
Am sure that isn't what the car manufacturers want.
 
Redline said:
Little point in getting a decent new car - they've become incredibly easy to nick. Just get the keys.
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Sorry, you just lost me there, like anything with a lock and a key, you have a key, you can unlock it....:confused:
 
Above I posted reminds me of back in the 80's when I owned a 1966 SWB Land Rover.
Someone tried to nick it one night, found it out in the middle of the road outside my house the next morning.
What the person trying to nick it could not get their head round was that you could turn the ignition on with a bent nail, but had to press a starter button.
Not a lot of people were used to that back then...;)
 
hard top said:
Sorry, you just lost me there, like anything with a lock and a key, you have a key, you can unlock it....:confused:
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Exactly Mike. Doesn't matter how good car security is now, thieves just bypass it all and get the keys instead. There is little to stop them despite the technolgy. They don't fear getting caught. Nick the car and then leave it a few days. If it's not tracked and picked up it's theirs. Two days later it's in bits or in a container.
The keys are all they need and they'll do anything to get them.
The key itself is now the weakest point.
 
hard top said:
Now I get you, so really you are better off leaving the car unlocked so that they can tow it away instead of breaking into your house to get the keys.
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Exactly. But all the security is embedded in the technology linked in the key! Still a lot of work to do to get it going without it. A nail was much simpler. Just change the lock barrels. Can't do that now.
 
Redline said:
A nail was much simpler.
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Funny thing is, the would be thief did not even realize that.....
Just got to love old technology..;)
I have no idea how they thought they were going to start it, obviously gave up.
Oh, and they would never have found the dipped beam switch either, that was a button on the floor that you had to press with your foot.
 
So ... my style of having a pretty sh!te car on the drive also deters burglars.

Thank goodness I have cheap tastes

Oh I forgot to say - first time we were burgled they emptied my sports bag to put their swag in and then nicked my Mrs’ car with the keys they found.

It cost £180 to get the car out of the pound. Was like being robbed twice!

An overall message that does filter through though -

Always :
Have your keys etc hidden away with you in the bedroom at night. That includes work or play electronic goods (laptops etc)
Don’t leave spare keys anywhere easy to find whether you are in or out.

The above won’t stop them breaking in. But will make their pickings slim. Generally they don’t (and won’t) disturb the house owner.

Now if you have something worth their risk to disturb you - well that’s a bigger story :(

Dave
 
We've got a big dog. He sleeps on top of the landing at night. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't attack or bite an intruder but he'd frighten the sh** out of them. He's got a loud "booming" bark that rattles the windows when he lets go. That would wake me and my two boys and I'm sure us three and the dog would save the day.
If not I'd wake Jill and then they'd have a menopausal redheaded monster to deal with
 
DaveP said:
So ... my style of having a pretty sh!te car on the drive also deters burglars.

Thank goodness I have cheap tastes

Oh I forgot to say - first time we were burgled they emptied my sports bag to put their swag in and then nicked my Mrs’ car with the keys they found.

It cost £180 to get the car out of the pound. Was like being robbed twice!

An overall message that does filter through though -

Always :
Have your keys etc hidden away with you in the bedroom at night. That includes work or play electronic goods (laptops etc)
Don’t leave spare keys anywhere easy to find whether you are in or out.

The above won’t stop them breaking in. But will make their pickings slim. Generally they don’t (and won’t) disturb the house owner.

Now if you have something worth their risk to disturb you - well that’s a bigger story :(

Dave
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It's a sad society when it comes to this isn't it?

I'm sure that the car manufacturers never intended putting your home at risk by improving car security, but that's exactly what's happened.
 
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