<b>Secured by Design status has become a top selling point for door manufacturers responding to crime fears, finds Andrew Leech. While designers are now adding disabled access to their list of Building Regulation-driven adaptations</b><br><b>According to 2002 crime figures, burglaries in England and Wales were down by 23%. Since the majority of break-ins are through the external doors, as opposed to windows, this suggests our door manufacturers are helping to beat the intruder. But external doors are not all about security. Energy efficiency, weather tightness and aesthetics each enter the frame when it comes to specifying the right one for the home.</b><br> Paul Dillon of BRE, where manufacturers&amp;’ doors are continually under scrutiny, says: &amp;“We will test maker&amp;’s door whether they be timber, steel, PVCu, grp or aluminium principally to ensure that they meet the stringent PAS 23 and 24 requirements. We find the success of a door is very much down to its type and design. The purpose of our approach is that doorsets are tested as a complete unit. <p></p><p> &amp;“We could take several different elements and test them separately but unless they are put altogether on a single door set you don&amp;’t know how they are going to …