Everybody should feel safe in their home

Welcome to the Safe As Houses Website

Find out more about the products used in the programme that can help make your home safer.

Safe as Houses helped to make the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhad a safer place to live. The programme was led by CCB, the Community Council for Berkshire and was developed drawing on the expertise and skills of Thames Valley Police (TVP), RBWM, Age Concern Windsor (the relevant local branch), Neighbourhood Watch and Neighbourhood Action Groups, Housing Associations and others..

Providing a range of products and services including locks, bolts, security marking and distraction burglary prevention devices, Safe as Houses provided benefit well over 1,300 homes directly and many more indirectly.

Products supplied through this programme were selected and are endorsed by TVP as proven to reduce burglary.

Teams of Police Officers, PCSOs, Neighbourhood Wardens and approved volunteers will visit streets in the Royal Borough. Every householder was offered a free security audit and property marking with SelectaDNA, a forensic burglary deterrent. SelectaDNA used correctly reduces the risk of burglary by 85%. Households meeting Home Office criteria will be offered, free of charge, additional products to resolve issues identified.

The delivery programme finished in 2010 when the Home Office funding finished. Please explore this website to find information on simple products and ideas that can help make you and your home safer.