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Important — remember your keys are valuable to a thief!
The best place for a door key is on your person or at the side of your bed. This may not be possible, depending on your individual circumstances such as the number and age of the people living in your family home or shared accommodation, if you’re at University.
You should always put your personal safety and that of your family first in the event of a fire, rather than protecting the property.
We would advise that you don’t leave the keys in the lock, but in a place that everyone knows and can find in the dark.
Thieves are increasingly entering people’s homes just to steal the car keys in order to then steal the car. With the improvements in car security overtime it has made it more difficult for would-be thieves to steal your car without the keys. This has led to criminals now targeting the car keys in order to successfully steal the car.
How can they steal the car keys from my home?
They can use a number of methods such as:
We would recommend that you always leave your keys out of sight, so don’t leave them lying on the kitchen/hall table or on the windowsill.
Ask yourself where is the last place I would think of putting my keys?
A criminal will be thinking along the lines of where they would likely leave them if they lived there. So, try and think of somewhere outside of the box, you could use an old food tin in your kitchen cupboard to hide your keys.
Remember good basic security will protect your house keys and car keys so: