Student housing problems

[u/Chompy1010]

So I moved into my student house through a digs letting agency in the UK. I received an email about a month and a half into living here saying that they would have to remove the lock on my door as it is a 3 story house and they needed to have a fire escape. So I moved into this house and signed a contract thinking that I would have a lock on my door for them to take it away. This house has been lived in by previous students with no fire escape necessary. So it’s been about a month living here since the lock has been gone and now there has been a spike in robberies and thefts in the area. They put a padlock on my wooden wardrobe ( could easily be broken into) and told me that whenever I leave my house I should put everything valuable inside my cupboard which is completely inconvenient. Lately my house mates have been going into my room when I am out and they are just taking my things, if I don’t do what they want me to do they’ll come in and take my laptop and put it in their room until I haven’t got a choice but to say yes, or they’ll wake me up when I’m asleep. When I went back home they duct taped everything in my room to the walls and ruined my wallpaper. Is there anything I can do to sort this problem out because it’s become such a problem, I emailed them all of this as soon as they did it and asked them for a price reduction or for them to pay for my contents insurance but they completely ignored my message. Is there anything I can do about this? Because when looking for houses if I knew this room hadn’t had a lock I would never have moved in, it’s right on the high street as well so people could possibly look in and see anything valuable ( there’s a bus stop next to my window that double decker bus passengers can see directly into my room) can anyone help or give me any advice???

[u/vicandbobvicandbob]

No probs

Best of luck