Secured by Design (SBD) is the official police security initiative that works to improve the security of buildings and their immediate surroundings to provide safe places to live, work, shop and visit.
Their advice offers best practice for you to follow, alongside practical crime prevention methods.
CRIME PREVENTION & SECURITY ADVICE
Vehicle Crime Prevention Advice
- BICYCLE SECURITY - how to protect your bike
- CAR SECURITY - advice to prevent car crime
- CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT - how to prevent this theft
- LORRIES & GOODS VEHICLES - security advice
- MOTORCYCLES & SCOOTER SECURITY - how to prevent their theft
- RELAY THEFT - prevent "keyless theft"
- VANS & TOOL THEFT - prevent theft & crime
- home security advice will help to keep your home and possessions safer and reduce the chances of you falling victim to an opportunistic burglar.
Garden Security Advice
- Theft of property from gardens can be a problem, but having spent time and money on your home garden and equipment you need to consider its security. The value of equipment, structures and plants often amounts to thousands of pounds.
Cyber Security Advice - SBD Internet of Things (IoT)
- cyber security advice will help to keep your IoT devices and products safe and reduce the chances of you falling victim to a cyber-criminal.
- Resources & Guides
Guide to Guides Leaflet (pdf)
CCTV SECURITY ADVICE
- CCTV, together with appropriate signage, can provide a good deterrent to intruders
- CCTV cameras should provide images of recognition quality and should be positioned in such a way that light, natural or otherwise does not interfere with picture quality
- A CCTV system should be designed to cover vulnerable areas at relevant times of the day, such as the need for infra-red technology to record nighttime activity
- For evidential purposes, the CCTV system should have a recording and storage capability of 31 days
- Consideration should be given to garden landscaping and planting to ensure that any growth through the seasons doesn’t restrict the coverage of the CCTV system during the growing season
- In high crime areas, cameras may need protection within vandal-resistant housings. The cameras should also be positioned so that they are not easily accessible
- Images should not be captured of the street scene unless the user complies with the requirements set out by the Information Commissioners Office
- The CCTV cameras including the housing must be regularly maintained and cleaned to ensure that the quality of the images are not inhibited. This could be the removal of a spider’s web or ensuring that moisture is not infiltrating the camera so that remedial measures can be undertaken.
Residential CCTV Guide (pdf)
