--- title: "Burglary Repair Jávea | Secure Tonight, Upgrade After" description: "Burglary repair in Jávea: a forced or slipped door made to close and lock on the first visit, then anti-slip latches, guard plates or a high-security cylinder." url: "https://locksmithjavea.es/burglary-repair-javea/" business: "Locksmith Jávea" --- # Burglary repair Jávea, starting with a door that locks tonight The first visit makes the door close and lock again, whatever state it is in. The second, when you are ready, makes it harder to get through: a latch that cannot be slipped, a guard plate, a high-security cylinder. Open 24 hours · 7 days [Call +34 678 583 290](tel:+34678583290) [WhatsApp photos of the damage](https://wa.me/34678583290?text=Hi%2C%20I%20need%20a%20locksmith%20in%20J%C3%A1vea.%20The%20urbanisation%20or%20street%2C%20a%20landmark%20near%20the%20gate%2C%20and%20what%20has%20happened%3A) ## Burglary repair Jávea, and the latch trick of 2024 and 2025 In April 2025 the Guardia Civil arrested two men for 84 burglaries in homes in Xàbia. The investigation had started in July 2024, after a rise in break-ins at main and second homes. They chose houses whose owners were away, and got in by the *resbalón*: slipping back the latch of a door that had been pulled shut but not locked with the key. No broken glass, no forced frame. That is why the first question after a break-in in Xàbia is not only “what was forced?” but “was the door locked with the key?”. [Pulled shut is not locked: how the trick works](https://locksmithjavea.es/blog/pulled-shut-is-not-locked/). ### The first hour - Leave and ring the Guardia Civil, 062, or 112. - Photograph the door, the lock and the frame before anything is moved. - Then ring to have the door made to lock tonight. ## Visit one: the door locks again before you sleep Whatever the damage, you should not have to sleep behind a door that does not lock. If the door has to be opened first because the lock was wrecked, that is [opening the door](https://locksmithjavea.es/door-opening-javea/) without adding to the damage. 1. **Look and photograph** The damage is recorded for you and your insurer before work begins. 2. **Price agreed** For what is needed tonight, kept apart from any upgrade. 3. **Make it lock** A new cylinder, a repaired keep or a temporary fix that holds. 4. **An invoice that describes it** Damage found and work done, for the insurance claim. ## The security upgrade, when you are ready Chosen calmly, once the insurer has seen the damage and you know what you want to spend. - **A latch that cannot be slipped** An anti-slip latch or a latch guard, so a door pulled shut is no longer an open door. - **High-security cylinders** Resisting snapping, bumping, picking and drilling, with keys registered to you. - **Guard plates and escutcheons** Armour over the cylinder so it cannot be gripped or drilled from outside. - **The rest of the villa** Sliders that really lock, gates that catch: often how a house is entered when the front door holds. [Gates, sliders and outbuildings](https://locksmithjavea.es/villa-locksmith-javea/). If what you want is simply new cylinders because keys went with the burglary, that is [a straightforward lock change](https://locksmithjavea.es/lock-change-javea/). ## After a break-in, people ask ### Should I touch the door before the Guardia Civil has seen it? No. Ring the Guardia Civil (062) or the emergency number 112 first and leave the door, the lock and the room as they are until they say otherwise. The locksmith comes after, and the door can still be made to lock the same day. ### Will my insurer want a report from the locksmith? Many do. You get an invoice that describes the damage found and the work done, which you can send with the police report and your photos. ### There is no damage at all, but things are missing. How did they get in? Often through a door that was pulled shut but not locked with the key: the latch is slipped back with a strip of plastic and leaves no mark. That was how a run of 84 break-ins in Xàbia was done, according to the Guardia Civil in 2025. ### What is the first upgrade worth paying for? On most doors, a latch that cannot be slipped and a cylinder that resists snapping. Both are small jobs compared with the door itself, and they close the two quickest ways in. ## What usually follows - [**a new cylinder on the front door** booked work](https://locksmithjavea.es/lock-change-javea/) - [**the rest of the villa** everything past the front door](https://locksmithjavea.es/villa-locksmith-javea/) - [**door opening** flats, town houses, villas](https://locksmithjavea.es/door-opening-javea/) Guides on this - [Pulled shut is not locked: what 84 break-ins in Xàbia teach about the latch](https://locksmithjavea.es/blog/pulled-shut-is-not-locked/) ## Home or shop in Xàbia broken into? Ring the Guardia Civil first. Then ring here, and send photos of the door on WhatsApp if you can. 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