[quote name='janmaat' post='874068' date='Jun 22 2010, 02:28 AM']This is such an important issue. Burglars broke into my flat this Sunday at 1pm (!), fortunately they got spooked so all they grabbed was my camera, none of the music equipment - I was glad I had stacked the valuable stuff under the bed leaving only the crap gear out. Living in East London, I feel insecure about valuables 100% of the time for good reason. Walking home from a jam session to take the night bus with gear worth a grand once a week - whats the chance of a hold up!! And for breaking ins, about once a year seems normal in East London, they sometimes just take the entire door frame out.
I even know people who ran a recording studio, and the guys who rented the place turned out to be a robbery squat - they tied down the guy, beat him to bits, nicked all the gear - and then did the same in the next studio. Many studios are now fitted with alarm buttons for a reason...
Oh and in case you have not done it yet: write down the serial numbers of all your valuables. For the unlikely event of police actually busting a burglar, they find this pile of stuff and the only way to assign it to you is if you knew your serial number. Mark all your possessions by carving your name into them.[/quote]
Thats very unfortunate to hear, hope the buggers get what they deserve... Its really got me thinking, im in wouth-west london, in hanworth, but i neibour feltham, fairly quiet area, so im also very worried most of the time, so much that we make sure someone is home all of the time, its very annoying.