| Have you been unfortunate enough to suffer a burglary? Hamilton Locksmith and Carpentry Services of Swindon have the skills to not only repair the damage, but also reinstate the security of your property. We will carryout emergency Window and Door boarding and quickly return to fully repair door, frame and lock damage. We can provide advice to minimise the chance of that all too frequent repeat burglary, upgrade your existing door locks, window locks or garage locks. We can even install domestic roller-shutters or grilles to your windows and doors if necessary. To discuss how your local Swindon based Locksmith and Carpentry Services company can help, please call us. |  |
Hamilton Services understand household security issues. The British Crime Survey (BCS), as carried out by the Home Office, estimated that 726,000 domestic burglaries took place in England and Wales in 2006/07. The British Crime Survey (BCS) shows that households with no home security measures were almost 10 times more likely to have been victims of burglary than households where simple security measures such as deadlocks on doors and window locks were fitted. The number of years you have lived at your property is another factor increasing the likelihood of a burglary and the associated need for burglary repairs. If you have lived at your current address for less than 1 year you are more than twice as likely to be burgled than if you had lived at your property for 10 years or more. The likelihood of a burglary drops considerably once you have lived at a property for more than a year. |
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Household alarm systems provide a perceived deterrent, however the key defence against a burglary remains physical home security. The British Crime Survey (BCS) found that only 1.6% of households with ‘high levels’ of home security were victims of burglary. This rises to 2.5% with ‘some’ home security and jumps almost ten fold to 22.5% of households becoming victims of burglary if ‘no’ home security is present. ‘Some’ home security includes homes with deadlocks on doors, window locks, or security chains on doors, and ‘high’ levels of home security includes homes with burglar alarms, internal or external security lighting or bars on windows.Please contact us here in Swindon at Hamilton Locksmith and Carpentry Services to discuss how we can help you minimise the likelihood of you becoming a burglary victim or of a repeat burglary taking place. Hamilton Locksmiths always fit and provide like for like locks and keys, as a minimum, or upgrade your home security if that is needed. Our Locksmiths will also ensure that any locks or additional security measures installed are insurance approved in line with the requirements of your insurance company. |