I was just going through the Warden Housing survey from 2004 notice of the top 5 things residents felt would improve community safety in the area:

177 people said better home security.

Below is the link to Barnet Police's "Do it yourself Home Security Survey". I am working on a draft proposal for a security checks project for older people - in the mean time please check out this link

http://www.met.police.uk/crimeprevention/

Ann Frankel
Regeneration Project Officer