Do you keep your doors locked when you are at home during the day?

[FrannyandZooey]

if so, why?

Interesting Franny. I definitley feel more comfortable with the doors locked and keys up on a high hook - maybe I do have slight agoraphobic tendencies...

out here, no.

in Edinburgh, our door latched automatically and the handle was pretty high.

in the US, always. i either had auto locking doors or the first thing i did after getting in the door was turn the key in the lock.

Our back door isn't generally locked. Front one is, but we only use the back one to get in and out of.

It gets locked at night.

I am slightly claustrophobic also, and the thought of being locked in scares me.
But, if I lived in an area which was not-quite-so-safe, or in which crime was rife, of course I would lock the doors.

Yes - young children, busy road.

If no I wouldn't say so here though!

Front door lokcked as dd2 is Not To be Trusted.

Back door, nope.

And dh has gone out leaving the front door wide open on mor ethasn one occasion.

I lock the front door when I'm in if I remember as DD is just figuring out how door handles work.

Horrifyingly we were away this last weekend and got back after 48 hours + away to find the front door swinging open. Given we have been burgled before when living in London we just thought we had been done again - but it seems not. We had just not shut the door properly on Friday morning. I blame DH and he blames me.

Front yes to stop ds escaping.

Back ones no. Often forget even when I go out.

Front yes as dd (2.5) can open it.

Back door is usually open in the day, as the kids go in and out.

DH is way more paranoid about this than me.

We had back patio doors in our old house that were unlocked (unknown to us) from Bonfire night when we used them to go out and do fireworks to the following Easter when I went to open them up for the first time that spring.

yes, occasionally I just have the chain on the front door but if I go upstairs I will lock it

been burgled in the past and there are a lot of dodgy folk round here

What about a Yale Lock? I feel very secure with mine.

no cos that is what freaks do

No. Just yale lock. Dont lock at night either. We have big dogs though.

Yes all doors are locked and keys are on a high hook. We live in a lovely safe area where you could actually leave your doors wide open all day (private road and a no through road). However, ds (now 3) has in the past let himself out of the house and been found wandering down the road in the dark (actually it was only 4pm) half clothed by a neighbour (who happens to be a policeman ) so since then we lock them until such a time as he can be trusted!

No. The door has a latch (think it's yale). So can only be opened from outside with a key. From inside, could be opened by dd if she really wanted to, but she doesn't.
Back door has just a door handle, and that's unlocked while we're in. But the side gate is (usually) locked so no way to get out the front.

We lock the back door at night (with key which is kept in lock ). The front door has the yale but we never use the mortice lock unless we go away. But even then, am not actually sure where the key is.

Oh and have just remembered that when we last came back from summer hol in france, the front sash windows were still wide open and the TV was on. Had been like that for a week.

no, we dont usually lock it at night either

only thevin varmints here are sheep & cattle

I leave the key in the ignition of the car too hoping soemone will steal it but the cows apparently can't drive. yet

Just our yale lock was on when we were burgled

oh yes and the alarm on all day too in case ds tries to make a break for it out the windows when i pop to the loo fretful moi?

I live in a very nice country village, and we get the odd spate of crime! People trying doors and "selling" stuff, I lock and tell dh to lock.
Also, dd has a friend whose little sister thinks its ok to just bloody walk in!!! drives me nuts LOL

I always always keep our doors locked.

In our house we maily use the back door to get in which leads you into the kitchen.
Its all open plan so we have the kitchen, dining room and family room including the stairs.
We then have a hallway and a front room which is quite cut off from the rest of the house.

So if the kids were in bed and we were sat in the front room, anyone could walk into the house and we wouldnt know.

I've also had 2 men/boys try my doors one night.
It was very frightning.

Plus my auntie has had someone walk into her house and steal her handbag while she was sat in her lounge.

Yes.

It just locks automatically when you close it, don't most front doors?

I just feel more secure knowing that if someone wants to come into my house, they have to knock first.

In my area - definitely!