24/7
Emergency lockout
Locked out of your home or car? We're on the way.
- Non-destructive entry first
- Homes, flats & cars
- Live 24/7 dispatch
- Flats, HMOs and communal entrances
From £59 Details
Line open · a Digbeth dispatcher answers, not a call centre
Locked out in Birmingham?
Thirty minutes to your door.
24/7 emergency locksmiths covering every Birmingham postcode. On your street inside thirty minutes, or we tell you before we set off. Non-destructive entry, fixed price agreed before we start.
- 30-minute response promise
- Non-destructive entry first
- No call-out fee
- Fixed price before we start
What happens
after you call
Nobody wants a locksmith. They want the half hour between the phone call and the door opening to be short and boring. Here is that half hour.
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You call
A real person picks up, day or night. Tell them what has happened and give them your postcode.
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We dispatch
The nearest engineer is sent from wherever they are standing. You get a text with their name, their photo and a live arrival time.
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Van on your street
Thirty minutes is the promise anywhere inside the M42, and the engineer texts you if traffic is going to make it thirty-five.
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You're back inside
Non-destructive entry wherever the lock allows it, at the fixed price agreed before anyone touched the door.
Every lock problem, one number
Emergencies get an engineer now. Upgrades and repairs can be booked for a time that suits you.
24/7
Burglary repair & boarding
Break-in? We secure and repair the same evening.
- Same-day boarding
- Insurance-ready report
- Anti-snap replacement locks
From £89 Details
Lock changes & upgrades
New anti-snap and British Standard locks fitted.
- Anti-snap euro cylinders
- BS3621 British Standard
From £95 Details
24/7
uPVC & composite doors
Door won't lock? We fix multipoint mechanisms.
- Gearbox diagnosis & repair
- Handles & hinges realigned
- Most parts on the van
- Doors that have dropped, re-hung not replaced
From £120 Details
Business & commercial
Shopfronts, offices, master-key systems and access.
- Master-key systems
- Access control & keypads
- Priority contracts
Free quote Details
Key cutting & lost keys
Spare keys cut, lost keys rekeyed, snapped keys removed.
- Rekey after lost keys
- Snapped-key extraction
From £45 Details
Urgent work, done properly
At 2am you are letting a stranger work on your own front door, so ours turn up in a marked van, employed by us rather than subcontracted, carrying photo ID they show before they start.
- Non-destructive entry first
- Insurance-approved locks fitted
- No call-out fee
- Fixed price before we start
- 12-month parts and labour
- Badge slot — your memberships and vetting sit here
On the van tonight Anti-snap euro cylinders · BS3621 mortice cases · common multipoint gearboxes · boarding ply and screws
- Trading since
- 2013
- Line open
- 24/7
- Guarantee
- 12 months
Every Birmingham postcode, covered
We are based in Digbeth and keep engineers stationed around the ring road, which is what makes the response time hold as far out as Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.
- Birmingham city centre
- Digbeth
- Edgbaston
- Moseley
- Kings Heath
- Harborne
- Selly Oak
- Bournville
- Erdington
- Sutton Coldfield
- Solihull
- Handsworth
- Aston
- Northfield
- Yardley
- Acocks Green
- Hall Green
- Sparkhill
What Birmingham says about us
How these get here: one text once the door is shut behind us, with a link straight to Google. We ask once, we never chase, and we leave up whatever gets written.
- Emergency lockout Sample
“Slammed the door at 1am with the baby asleep upstairs and my keys on the hall table. Twenty minutes, and he opened it without so much as a scratch on the frame.”
Customer name · Kings Heath
- Burglary repair Sample
“Came home on the Friday to a forced back door. They boarded it before I'd finished on the phone to the police, then fitted anti-snap cylinders the same night. The written report went straight to my insurer.”
Customer name · Erdington
- uPVC door repair Sample
“Handle had been spinning since Tuesday and two other firms wanted to sell me a whole new door. He had the gearbox out and a new one in inside the hour, for the figure he quoted at the kerb.”
Customer name · Solihull
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The questions we get asked on the phone
How quickly can a locksmith get to me in Birmingham?
We aim to be with you within 30 minutes anywhere in Birmingham. The dispatch line is answered 24/7, so you get a realistic arrival time the moment you call rather than a slot some time this afternoon.
Will you damage my door to get me in?
In the large majority of lockouts we use non-destructive entry, which means we open the lock without harming your door or the mechanism, so there is nothing to replace afterwards. If a lock has been vandalised or is already broken we will always explain the options and price before doing any drilling.
How much does an emergency locksmith cost in Birmingham?
Standard daytime call-outs start from £59 and night, weekend and bank-holiday emergencies start from £89. There is no call-out fee and we confirm a fixed price before starting, so the figure we quote is the figure you pay.
Do you actually answer at 3am, or is that just what the website says?
Yes. Rapid Lock runs a genuine 24-hour service every day of the year. Whether it is 3pm on a Tuesday or 3am on Christmas morning, a real person answers and an engineer is dispatched.
Are your locksmiths vetted and qualified?
On a live site your own vetting, qualifications and trade registrations appear here, in your own words. Rapid Lock is a demonstration business, so there is nothing genuine to list. What every locksmith should do, and what this answer would say, is carry photo ID and show it before touching your door.
Can you fit locks that my home insurance will accept?
Yes. We fit BS3621 British Standard and anti-snap euro cylinder locks that meet the requirements of most UK home-insurance policies, and we provide documentation of what was fitted.
My uPVC door won't lock. Can you fix it?
Almost always. A uPVC or composite door that won't lift or lock usually has a failed multipoint gearbox. We diagnose the exact part, carry common gearboxes on the van, and repair or replace the mechanism in a single visit wherever possible.
I've been burgled. What should I do?
Call us straight away on 07700 900118. We will board up any damaged doors or windows to make the property safe tonight, replace forced locks with anti-snap British Standard cylinders, and give you a written report you can pass to your insurer.
Standing outside right now?
Stop reading and call. We will tell you exactly how far away the nearest van is.
24/7 emergency line 07700 900118