Opportunist burglars tackled

Kenrick is urging fabricators and installers to choose high security hardware products and help protect homeowners from opportunist burglaries.

Steve Williams, Kenrick’s sales and marketing director, said: “Opportunist burglary is becoming increasingly common with figures from the Office for National Statistics showing that 64% of burglaries in England and Wales happened while residents were at home.

“People need to be vigilant and guard against this invasive crime, so we want to prompt everyone to think about how vulnerable they are to sneak-in thefts and to take measures to secure their homes properly.

“It’s so easy to leave doors and windows unlocked while you sit out in the garden in the sun, but this gives a burglar the perfect opportunity to sneak into your home and steal your valuables without you even knowing about it. Perhaps even more sinister is home invasion burglary, where a burglar physically forces their way into someone’s home as they open their front door.

“Falling victim to this type of crime is very upsetting, especially when so many of us have been affected one way or another by coronavirus. It is, however, easy and cost-effective for homeowners to protect themselves from these types of crime with the proper security products.”

Kenrick’s Excalibur Fast Lock is a high security door lock that provides fast, secure locking on the front door – the route into the house for more than 75% of burglaries, the company said.

The Excalibur Fast Lock operates in the same way as a standard lever/lever lock. Its main difference is when closing the door the user simply lifts the lever as they enter through the door and it is then securely locked from both sides without having to use a key.

To unlock the door, the user turns the key and pushes the handle down.

Unlike fixed pad locks, the user has to physically throw the lever to engage the hooks and lock the door, which means they can’t be locked out accidentally. This design feature also overcomes the risk of an adult being locked out by a small child shutting the door from the inside or by a gust of wind blowing the door closed.

The Excalibur Fast Lock uses three sintered steel hooks and two steel anti lift bolts to deliver its strength and security. The door lock will also work with a thumb turn cylinder.