Inexpensive door security lock. Anyone tested?
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If you want to stop people coming through the door you need a steel reinforced door with multipoint loicking all the way around the frame. Pretty much anything less than this and they're either coming through the doorway or through the door itself.
We see it with burglaries in the UK. Multipoint locking doors are pretty much standard in the UK now (albeit low security ones, not the ones I'm talking about). UK Doors have a normal latch by the handle and then another 4 bolts up the frame of the door handle side. However, burglars either kick the upvc centre panels out and come through the door, defeat the lock (importance of having a good anti-snap lock design of UK 3 star diamond quality), or break the whole door down breaking the locks, rare as it's noisy but can be done especially with specialist spreader such as the police use.
IF you're in a really crime ridden area, then I recommend getting a high security door with 3 star diamond lock. They look like this and cost around £1.4K in the UK plus fitting with a few sensible extra upgrades / extras:
I am surprised in the US that from Police programes, almost everyone has such flimsy doors with poor quality single locking point locks. Most doors seem to be wooden panelled, not even solid or with large panes of single glazed glass not toughened. Many US doors seem to be able to be opened often with a single kick. In the UK even against our standard doors, the Police have to resort to rams and even hydraulic spreaders to get in. Against level 5 doors, they have to use the windows!
Either way, if you don't want someone kicking their way through you want a steel reinforced door and multipoint high security locking.
I personally wouldn't have a letter box either but I don't think that's an issue in the US as you seem to use mailbox's 1/2 way down the garden.
