Windows – the easy way into your home
Okay, you’ve got your doors nice and secure. Nobody will break into your home now, right? Wrong. Case in point. I was called in to secure a home that had been broken into. When I arrived at the inner city residence, the homeowners were obviously upset. The house had been turned upside down. The burglars […]
Deadlatches and Deadbolts
Did you know that most insurance companies now require that you put one of these on all doors and windows in order to receive full insurance coverage? This is a deadlatch: There is a difference between a deadlatch and a deadbolt. Simply stated, a deadlatch locks automatically when you close the door. You can insert […]
Security Doors – A burglars Nightmare
So far, we’ve been talking about standard doors, the kind that are most commonly found for the front of your home. There are, however, special doors that you can purchase, and we’ll refer to these as security doors. They are often made of metal and may resemble what some refer to as a flyscreen door. […]
The First step in Home Security – Secure your Doors
We’ll talk about doors first because, well, obviously if a burglar can’t get into your home they are doomed from the start. Doors or windows, it’s much the same, but when most people think of “how do I get in?” they think of a door first. The story I am about to tell you is […]
The Dangers of Being a Locksmith
It can actually be quite dangerous to be a Locksmith. Locksmiths don’t just deal with people who have been locked out of their houses, they often work for real estate agents or the police dealing with evictions. When someone is evicted, they will usually be in an agitated state and have been known to react […]
$28,000 stolen from major sporting establishments around Melbourne
An Adelaide man has been jailed over using stolen master keys and swipe cards to steal more than $28,000 in cash and equipment from such venues as AAMI Park, Rod Laver Arena, AFL House in Docklands, Collingwood Football Club, Park Medicine Centre, Victorian Council Office, as well as an apartment and an office building. Nathan […]
Mobility scooter stolen in Northcote
Northcote grandmother Vicki Tzirozidis recently had her mobility scooter stolen from the front of her house on Christmas Street in Northcote. This is just one of many terrible things to happen to this 84-year-old widow, who also lost her husband three months ago and is still battling an insurance company after a fire gutted her […]
Most burgled towns in Victoria
Below is a table of the most robbed houses in Victoria, these statistics come from the RACV website. The statistics are based on data from 2011 and 2012 and represent how many houses get broken into per year. These statistics are quite concerning and sound too frequent to be true. At TopLock Locksmiths we specialise […]
Campbellfield “burglary” – maybe an inside job?
We got a call out last week to Campbellfield – the caller was a little concerned we did not cover this area as it wasn’t on our list of suburbs. Well.. it is now, and yes we do cover it. Apart from having locksmiths on standby at our inner city and Northcote bases, we have […]
Box Hill Criminal Investigation Unit
Due to the large amount of burglaries and car thefts in the Box Hill (Whitehorse) area, a new policing unit has been created to target repeat offenders. So far the unit has made 12 arrests in just two weeks such as a Mt Waverley youth who was doing burnouts in the Burwood area. It’s great […]
