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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Physical Security
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Physical Security, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from interested in the home.

Physical security and physical security products, such as roller shutters and steel doors, have always been an important consideration for retail businesses. However, in recent years domestic residences have become concerned about these issues as both break-in attempts and the media coverage of such events has surged.

In particular the riots witnessed within English cities over the 2011 summer emphasised the importance of adequately protecting buildings of all types. Security window roller shutters are one of the most common measures taken but for more substantial protection people are now installing bars and grilles.

Interesting Facts about Physical Security are as follows:

  • FACT 1 – Every 37 seconds a house in Britain is burgled.
  • FACTS 2 – 88% of house burglars are male.
  • FACT 3 – Shaving products are the most shop lifted item according to retailers.
  • FACT 4 - Roller shutters are the most popular type of retail shop front shutter in the UK today.
  • FACT 5 – 30% of burglaries occur at weekends.
  • FACT 6 – More teenage girls are caught shoplifting than teenage boys
  • FACT 7 – There are 4.2million CCTV cameras in use in the UK today
  • FACT 8 – A thief can enter a property through any gap as large as a human head
  • FACT 9 – There are 141,000 members of the UK police force
  • FACT 10 – 20,000 young people were electronically tagged in 2010
  • FACT 11- Less than 1/3 of houses in UK have a working alarm system
  • FACT 12 – The most popular retail physical security products are shop front shutters, CCTV cameras and product tags.
  • FACT 13 – 1/5 of all stores have a full time security guard in their employment.

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