Burglary methods evolve, and lock snapping has become a major security concern for homeowners in London. Criminals exploit weak cylinder locks, gaining entry in seconds without sophisticated tools.

When a polar blast hits and your key suddenly refuses to turn, the real danger is not the ice in the cylinder but the snap of ...

"Unfortunately, we have seen an increase in reports of operators breaking into properties by ‘snapping’ cylinder locks in this way." Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get ...

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Unfortunately that is West Midlands Police’s description for ‘lock-snapping’ which has emerged as a prominent form of burglary in the Black Country this year. Armed with nothing more than a pair of ...

A quarter of all burglaries in West Yorkshire are being committed by criminals using a technique called "lock snapping", police have revealed. Since 2009, there has been a rise in the technique, which ...

Councillor Linda Leach, for Bilston North, said residents across the city needed to check their door and window locking mechanisms to ensure they were snap-resistant. “Lock-snapping is a burglary ...

Ch Supt Paul Money said lock snapping accounted for 27% of all burglaries in December A quarter of all burglaries in West Yorkshire are being committed by criminals using a technique called "lock ...

Ch Supt Paul Money said lock snapping accounted for 27% of all burglaries in December A quarter of all burglaries in West Yorkshire are being committed by criminals using a technique called "lock ...