Two suspects remain at large following an attempted break-in at a Pickering home, Durham Radio News reports.

• Attempted break-in occurred at a Pickering residential property
• Two suspects remain at large
• Durham Regional Police are investigating the incident

An attempted break-in was reported at a Pickering residence, with two suspects still being sought by police. While the specific entry method is not detailed in the available report, attempted break-ins in the Pickering area typically target vulnerable points: ground-floor windows, sliding patio doors, and entry doors with weak strike-plate anchoring. These vectors are common in Durham Region neighbourhoods where older homes have original hardware and single-pane or lightly-framed glass. Forced entry through windows and doors can be significantly delayed by security window film, which holds shattered glass together and prevents hand-through reach, and by door fortification systems that reinforce strike plates, frame anchoring, and hinge geometry. Together, these create layered resistance: an intruder cannot quickly breach glass or kick through a reinforced door frame. The value of physical delay is measurable—it gives occupants time to wake, triggers alarm response, and increases the likelihood that neighbours or passing police notice suspicious activity.

How Pickering typically gets hit.

Pickering's housing stock spans two distinct generations. The established neighbourhoods along the Liverpool Road corridor and Bay Ridges lakefront — built largely through the 1970s and 1980s — feature single-storey and two-storey detached homes with original frame construction, smaller windows, and rear yards that face the waterfront or neighbouring residential streets. Further north and east, the 1990s-to-2010s subdivisions in Amberlea, Rougemount, and Highbush introduced the wider-glass, deep-lot subdivision profile that is now standard across Durham Region. These newer builds typically include large rear patio doors, walkout basements, and attached garages — each a distinct entry consideration. The primary entry concern across Pickering's housing stock is the rear patio slider. On Bay Ridges lakefront properties, those doors face the lake path and waterfront trail corridor with minimal rear-neighbour visibility. On Amberlea and Rougemount subdivision builds, the rear-yard depth and mature screening mean rear glass can be approached with limited sightline exposure from the street. Garage man-doors on attached-garage builds are the secondary risk: builders spec these to interior-door standard, which leaves the frame and latch undersized for the job they actually do. Sidelight panels flanking front doors on newer-build executive homes round out the typical exposure profile.

Full Pickering service overview →

1. 01Check all ground-floor window locks and consider secondary locks on sliding patio doors to add friction to the entry attempt.
2. 02Inspect your entry doors' strike plates and hinges; loose hardware is the fastest path to a successful kick-in.
3. 03Install motion-sensor lighting on dark sides of your home and trim shrubs near windows to eliminate hiding spots and sightlines.

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