News broke today of  Cricketer Graeme Swann has had a high-powered car stolen from his drive while away on tour with the England team. Burglars broke in to the spin bowler’s house in Nottinghamshire where he lives with wife Sarah when she was shopping.

More and more reports come in every day of burglars breaking into home to steal keys to cars, why? because the motor industry have made it near impossible to steal cars with out the keys yet burglars know that that they can defeat a homes lock in seconds either through “bumping” or “snapping”.

So how can you protect yourself from this risk? well locks are readily available that stop this risk completely but be careful because company’s will say that their locks are “bump” proof (especially on sites like ebay) when in fact they are not and have been proven to fail straight out of the box. Even Anti Bump locks that are endorsed by two of the largest locksmith federations the MLA and ICL – might i add not by LockSmart! – Both use a solution to “prevent” the act of “bumping” called Pickbuster details can be found here have had videos posted by suppliers of “bump Keys” and/or  locksmiths demonstrating their locks easily being defeated in seconds – its actually really scary to watch just how simple and quick it is for a burglar to enter your home AND leave no trace of forced entry(making a insurance claim VERY difficult indeed).

LockSmart currently only endorses the CISA ASTRA S UPVC Anti Bump and and Anti Snap Lock and recommend that household’s who wish to increase their home security and protect their home and its contents from the threat of lock “bumping” and “snapping” .