11/08/2026
We get asked this most weeks. Usually by someone who's had a parcel nicked off the doorstep, or a neighbour's had a break in, or they're just fed up not knowing what's going on outside their own front door.
Here's the honest answer, no sales pitch attached.
Forget megapixels for a minute. The number one thing that actually matters is whether you can see it, live, on your phone, wherever you are. Not footage you dig through after something's already gone wrong. Live. Right now. On holiday in Cornwall, at your desk, wherever you are.
Second thing: night time is when it counts. Most break ins happen in the dark. If a camera looks brilliant in daylight and turns to mush at 9pm, it's not doing its job.
Third: it's not really about catching someone on camera after the fact. It's about the peace of mind of just knowing. Knowing the kids got in from school. Knowing the delivery actually turned up. Knowing the garden's quiet at 2am instead of lying there wondering.
We've been fitting CCTV across Redditch, Worcestershire and Warwickshire for a long time now. Same faces turning up, same straight answers, no upsell.
"Alert Alarms fitted my mum and dad's system years ago. When I bought my own place, there was only ever one call I was going to make." — just one of the many families we've looked after for years.
If you're thinking about it, give us a call for a free, no obligation look at your place. We'll tell you what you actually need, not what's easiest to sell you.
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Alert Alarms, family run since 1984.