Topics

What we have researched on safes and security at home, sorted by topic. The full set is on all articles.

• Safes and certified protection

  Which safe protects what, and how you can tell

  Grades, standards and constructions: what the classes mean, which cabinet fits which value, and where a maker’s claim leads you wrong.

  2 articles

• Installation

  A safe works once it is actually fixed in place

  Anchoring, installation and emergency opening. The usual mistake is a good safe that two people can still carry out.

  1 article

• Insurance and law

  What gets paid, and what is allowed

  Insured sums by resistance grade, cash limits in household cover, weapons law, and the limits of what you may secure yourself.

  2 articles

• How burglars work

  How burglars actually work

  Method, tools, types of offender and organised crews. Once you know the method, you see your own weak points, and you stop buying the myths.

  1 article

• Home security and tech

  What protects besides the safe

  Alarms, security tech, fire protection and smart systems: what has been shown to work, what only calms you, and where the tech can still be beaten.

  in progress

• Drones and what comes next

  The next generation of attack and defence

  Drone crime, scouting from the air, and what you can do about it. A young field, where the tech and the law are still sorting themselves out.

  in progress

• Makers and origin

  Who actually builds it

  Brand, factory, certificate holder: three different names on one unit. How you tell what is actually in front of you.

  in progress

• Buy locally

  Dealers, delivery, installation near you

  A safe is heavy, and that decides more than the price: the lift to the third floor, the move, the installation, and who opens it later.

  in progress

• Security for collectors

  Which protection fits which collection

  From a watch to a garden bronze. What a safe can do, where climate and the room decide, and where the person is the target.

  101 articles

• Cases from the EinbruchsRadar

  Documented burglaries, and what to take from them

  Single cases from public police reports, read by the desk. This is not a full count. How much of it we see at all is on the data page.

  in progress