main content Burglar Alarm Key holder Registration

Following the introduction of the Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act 2005 (CNEA), which repealed section 23 of the London Local Authorities Act 1991, there is now no longer any legal requirement for the owner of an intruder alarm within London to register key holder details with either the police or with us. Whilst the CNEA does allow for alarm designation areas to be declared the London Borough of Bromley has decided not to declare an area and will not hold key holder details as a result.

However, the company who previously maintained the key holder database for the Metropolitan Police is offering this service to both private residents and commercial operations for a nominal fee.

To avoid having to take legal action to disable the alarm, we will use this database where an alarm is malfunctioning and causing a noise nuisance. We have a responsibility to act on noise nuisance complaints, so we will try to  contact the owner of the premises or a nominated key holder, if an incident occurs. If we are unable to contact anyone to switch the alarm off we will serve a notice and disable the alarm, using nominated contractors. Afterwards we will recover all costs incurred, which can be considerable, from the owner of the alarm.

The service provided by the London Key holder Database is a secure system based on a service provided by Surrey Police, which has received Home Office recognition.

For further information or to register with this service visit the London Key holder Database.