04/10/2026
Safety and Security Advise - DARK NIGHTS
It's officially autumn so it's time to start considering the shift to darker nights, and with it the fear of crime can increase.
Here are a few things you can do to feel safer:
• Leave a light on in more than one room, such as the lounge and bedroom. Remember to choose low-energy lamps.
• Use a timer switch to operate the lights as it starts to get dark. • Change the times that the lights comes on to create the illusion that someone is moving around inside the home.
• Consider the use of ‘smart’ technology to have different lights coming on in your house at different times.
• Make sure your front door is well lit and fully visible from the street. Also think about security lighting at the rear and side of your property.
• Keep shrubbery and hedges at the front pruned to below 1 metre to remove cover for a burglar to work unseen and allow visibility by neighbours.
• Consider having a good quality CCTV system installed.
www.lovecctvsecurity.com can help and advise with this or upgrade older systems.
• Keep your curtains closed at night - if you are away, ask a neighbour to close them for you.
• Check existing lighting is in good working order and replace any faulty equipment.
• Remember to check batteries in torches and smoke alarms.
• Lock all windows and doors even when you are at home.
• Put the alarm on even when you go out and at night, if you have issues with your home alarm or need an upgraded smart alarm system please get in touch with www.lovecctvsecurity.com
• Don’t leave valuables items or car keys on view near your front door.
• Photograph your property and register it free of charge at www.immobilise.com
For reliable home security systems and CCTV Installers by experts in Ilkeston, get in touch with Love CCTV Security. Call us 01158 022024 or 07971 364810