Students should take note. According to figures published a week or so ago, Nottingham is the most crime-ridden university city in the United Kingdom (outside London). There are two highly rated universities (Nottingham and Nottingham Trent), yet the total number of burglaries, robberies and violent attacks is higher than in any other provincial city.
Nottingham is currently the burglary capital of the country, according to new statistics compiled by the Good University Guide from the Home Office. Students, in particular, are vulnerable to being burgled.
Runner-up in the crime stakes for university cities is Manchester, followed by Liverpool, Bristol and Leeds. The safest places in which to study are Canterbury, Bath and Lancaster.
One in three students falls victim to crime each year however, it is fairly straightforward to help prevent thefts from the rooms occupied by students by installing home intruder security alarms.
Home security alarms do not cost a small fortune in fact they start from just over 15.00 are fitted with long-life batteries, no need for electrical wiring and have easy-to-fit instruction codes.
If you are sharing accommodation with others, it works out quite cheap to purchase a couple of these alarms to cover the hallway and perhaps the communal lounge area. Additional Keyfobs are available so each person sharing can have one!
Thieves breaking in to university accommodation that houses, say, five students could net a tidy haul of five TV sets, five stereos and five computers providing rich pickings to any burglar.
More information on the league tables and a whole lot more is on the Good University Guide Website.
Crime Prevention Products offer the Keyfob PIR Intruder Alarm aimed at helping to protect students and also have a vast array of Personal Alarms to help protect against the unknown.
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