- Two home invasions reported in Ajax and Pickering
- Durham Regional Police investigating and searching for suspects
Police in Durham Region are investigating two home invasions across Ajax and Pickering. Home invasions—forced entry while occupants are present or during occupied hours—represent a distinct threat profile from typical break-ins, though the physical vulnerabilities remain the same. Residential entry points in the Ajax area, particularly in Pickering Village and Central West neighbourhoods, are subject to the same forced-entry techniques: door kick-ins exploiting weak strike plates and frame anchoring, and glass breakage at windows, sidelights, and patio doors that allow hand-through reach. Securing both vectors with layered defence is essential. Security window film bonds shattered glass together, eliminating the hand-through reach that makes forced entry quick. Door fortification—heavy-gauge strike-plate reinforcement, structural-screw frame anchoring, and hinge reinforcement—resists kick-in and pry attacks on entry doors. Together, these systems add critical delay. Every second of resistance gives occupants time to lock themselves in a safe room, trigger an alarm, or alert neighbours and police.
How Ajax typically gets hit.
Ajax residential — see /service-areas/durham for East GTA coverage.
- 01Install deadbolts with reinforced strike plates on all exterior doors; ensure frame screws penetrate the structural framing, not just the door jamb.
- 02Apply security film to ground-floor windows, sidelights, and any glass within arm's reach of a door lock to prevent smash-and-grab entry.
- 03Keep exterior lighting on at night and trim bushes near windows and doors to eliminate hiding spots and improve sightlines from the street.
Security Window Film
XPEL Prime XR Security film is bonded to the interior face of existing glass. When the pane is struck, the film holds the shattered shards together — turning the typical 2-second smash-and-reach into a sustained forced-entry attempt against a glass surface that no longer separates. Optically clear, blocks more than 99% UV, compatible with tempered, laminated, single-pane and double-pane residential glass. Installed in a single day for most homes; backed by a 10-year manufacturer warranty plus a Clear Guard workmanship warranty on the install.
Door Fortification
The ARX Guard door fortification system reinforces where standard residential doors actually fail under kick force: the strike, the jamb, and the hinge side. We swap the factory strike for a heavy-gauge plate anchored with structural screws into the wall framing, replace the lock with the multi-point ARX hockey-stick locking system, and reinforce both hinge and lock-side jambs. Tested in our Oakville facility to absorb repeated impact loads that split standard door assemblies on the first strike. Compatible with smart locks, keypad locks, and fire-rated doors.
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