SBD News

Charter Global, a leading designer, manufacturer, installer and maintainer of specialist security shutter systems, continues its long-standing association with Secured by Design (SBD), the official police security initiative, with an extensive range of accredited products meeting the rigorous Police Preferred Specification.

Northern Ireland-based Heron Fire Doors, part of Heron Manufacture Ltd, has announced the launch of its new Thermasafe 30™ doorset, a product designed to combine fire safety, energy efficiency and security performance in a single solution.

DP Windows in Cardiff are the latest company to join Secured by Design, having met  rigorous police-preferred testing standards with their range of accredited window and doorsets.

The Police Crime Prevention Academy are running a free RIBA Approved CPD session on Secured by Design in November 2025.

Littoralis is the latest company to join Secured by Design with their product, Disc, an online information-sharing platform designed to help communities combat low-level crime and anti-social behaviour.

Secured by Design (SBD) member company, Professional Surveillance Management (PSM) has helped stop a serious residential break-in at one of their client’s homes through their live CCTV monitoring service.

A six-home scheme in the London Borough of Hillingdon has been recognised with a Small Development Award at this year’s Secured by Design (SBD) ATLAS event.

One of South Harrow’s most notorious housing estates is undergoing a major regeneration. Phase one of the Grange Farm Estate redevelopment has already received a number of Secured by Design Gold Developers Awards for the project, and has also been commended for the Large Development Award at ATLAS25.

Sergeant Graham Kavanagh, Crime Prevention and Designing Out Crime Officer from An Garda Síochána, gives his views on the importance of prevention in modern, progressive, people-first policing in this feature, which appeared in the Garda Review magazine:

Kevin Hook of the Metropolitan Police Service has been presented with the ATLAS Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of over a decade of outstanding service and commitment as a Designing Out Crime Officer (DOCO).

The 30 year campaign from BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, to reduce incidents of fuel theft and failures to pay, which cost forecourt operators more than £100 million a year, has taken a major step forward with BOSS becoming the first fuel debt recovery agency to be accredited by Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (Police CPI) to its scheme for Fuel Retailers and Cost Recovery Agencies.

Rosehip House in Islington, North London was commended in the Heathcare category award at ATLAS25, the Secured by Design Awards that recognises excellence in designing out crime.