As the U.S. economy continues to sputter along residential burglaries keep increasing. While the numbers are skewed, due to the fact that 50% of home burglaries go unreported, they do continue to increase.  To make matters worse the FBI Uniform Crime Report estimates that only about 16% of Burglars get caught, thus this perpetrators are able to hit house, after house, after house.

The truly unfortunate thing is  80% of residential burglars gain entry through a door by just kicking it open. The reason that this technique works is do to the fact that the door jambs are usually made of a soft wood and the strike plates are insufficiently mounted to just the surface wood with short screws.

The good news is this lack of door jamb strength can be easily remedied.  The lock technicians at Sacramento Locksmith resolve this problem by installing heavy duty strike plates fastened with 3″ screws to the 2 by 4 that is located just behind the jamb door jamb.  With this security upgrade our Sacramento Residential Locksmiths can help insure that your family and valuable are protected and furthermore that your house doesn’t become the next FBI statistic.