Possible Ways To Protect Your Home From Burglaries

Home bur­glar­ies are sad­ly one of the most com­mon crimes suf­fered, but it doesn’t have to be this way! You can take lots of easy steps to min­i­mize the chances of your home being tar­get­ed by would-be thieves.

• • Invest in a home alarm sys­tem

This is one of the most impor­tant and effec­tive things you can do to pro­tect your home. The secu­ri­ty against bur­glary is more than worth the ini­tial cost of instal­la­tion. Make sure you have enough sen­sors to cov­er all poten­tial points of entry. Home alarm sys­tems are avail­able with a wide array of options and fea­tures, so you are sure to find one that fits your needs and bud­get.

• • Strong doors and locks

Sim­ply mak­ing it phys­i­cal­ly dif­fi­cult to break into your house is also impor­tant. Strong dead­bolt locks and sol­id core doors make it hard­er for bur­glars to kick their way in.

• • Secu­ri­ty film on win­dows

Win­dows will always be eas­i­er to break than doors. For­tu­nate­ly, secu­ri­ty films can make it hard­er to shat­ter win­dows.

• • Call for­ward­ing

A phone ring­ing with­out being answered is anoth­er tell-tale sign that nobody is home. See if you can have your home phone for­ward calls to your mobile when you are away.

• • Halt mail

A big pile of uncol­lect­ed mail is a clear sign that you are on vaca­tion and that the home is emp­ty. If you are going to be away for sev­er­al days, min­i­mize the chance of bur­glary by ask­ing your mail car­ri­er to halt deliv­ery until you return.

• • Ask for help from a neigh­bour

Get­ting to know your neigh­bours is real­ly use­ful. A tight-knit com­mu­ni­ty makes it hard­er for a bur­glar to move around anony­mous­ly. Ask neigh­bours to keep an eye on your house while you’re away. If they notice that some­one is on your prop­er­ty while you’re still sup­posed to be away, they can alert the local police and have them come inves­ti­gate.

• • Keep valu­ables out of sight

A brand new home the­atre sys­tem vis­i­ble in your win­dow from the side­walk can tempt a bur­glar into choos­ing your home as their next tar­get. Try to ensure high­ly valu­able or desir­able belong­ings are not eas­i­ly vis­i­ble from the out­side.

• • Did we men­tion invest­ing in a home alarm sys­tem?

Although we may have a lit­tle bias on this one, noth­ing turns off poten­tial bur­glars faster than a strong home secu­ri­ty sys­tem. Whether they see the PROTECTION PLUS ® stick­er in your win­dow or hear the alarm acti­vate upon try­ing to enter your home, rob­bers will be scared off imme­di­ate­ly upon learn­ing that your home is pro­tect­ed!