They achieved this by having a combined entry and exit point
using gates, watch towers, moats, walls and guards.

• Look closely at the perimeter of your property, remove all gates and entrances that you no longer use.
• Plant thorn hedges with deep ditches and bunds.
• Change the layout of your business to establish a single entrance and exit.
• Place a gate at the public end of your entrance to make it less inviting.
• Place a second inner gate at the private end of the entrance
  to your property.
• Invert and cap gate hinges so that gates cannot be lifted off, or use good padlocks with covers so they cannot be cut off. Also, ensure all fixing bolts cannot be removed.
• If a gate is not being used for a lengthy period, place a temporary obstruction in front of it so it cannot be opened or used for parking or a rubbish tip.
• Use locking posts or temporary obstructions to control large
  openings to yards.
• Cattle grids should be removable and locked out of position when not in use.
• Place CCTV at the inner gate to record registered numbers of vehicles and the faces of drivers. Place CCTV signs.
• Install sensor controlled ‘dusk to dawn’ security lights to alert you to visitors.
• Install an infra red device at the inner gate which will sound an alarm to alert you to visitors.
• Join a ‘Watch’ scheme, obtain signs from the Police and place them on gates.
• Place signs saying “We do not buy from calling sales persons”.

• Put yourself in the place of a thief; inspect your buildings and upgrade your storage to reflect the value of the property stored in it. Fit high quality locks. Ensure the fabric of the building is secure. Seek advice from a Police Crime Prevention Officer.
• Add to indoor security by installing sensors with audible alarms. Display signs to show you have alarms installed.
• Consider CCTV. Store all your property indoors when not in use.
• Keep all doors locked, except when the building or office is in use and there is someone present.
• If your building shell is poor, use secondary secure storage such as a container.

• Use property marking solutions to uniquely mark all types of property, or Post Code your property in a non visible place and photograph it. Marking solutions: SmartWater -www.smartwater.com; Selectamark - www.selectamark.co.uk; Identidot - www.identidot.com
• If your property is high value fit a tracking device or a data tracking chip. Your insurance company, or a Police Crime Prevention Officer, will advise on its preferred product.
• Register valuable plant; theNational Plant and Equipment Register (www.ter-europe.org ) runs an international database of owned and stolen equipment. It employs specialist staff who work with law enforcement agencies to identify and recover stolen equipment. You can register five items for free. Tractors and other agricultural machinery, trailers, caravans, quarry equipment and generators are amongst the most stolen items.

• Hay and straw should be removed from fields as soon as possible after harvesting.
• Hay and straw should be stored: -separately from other buildings, particularly those housing fuels, agrochemicals and machinery -in stacks of reasonable size, spaced at least 10 metres apart, separately from livestock housing
• Petrol, diesel and other fuels should be stored in secure areas and storage tank outlets should be padlocked.
• Fertilisers and pesticides should be kept under lock and key. The Health & Safety Executive can provide further advice on the storage and transportation of fertilisers, particularly ammonium nitrate.
• Refuse should be disposed of safely and on a regular basis.