Home Security Tips ? Thinking like a Thief | Home Improvement Tips

Article by Richard G Keir

Recently there has been a noted increase in the use of security and surveillance systems, guards and even ?covert? security personnel in everything from malls and large stores to mom and pop and convenience stores. Since these are stores that have to make a profit to remain open you pretty much have to figure that the surveillance and security measures are cost effective ? that theft losses are reduced substantially simply through discouraging robbery. The first of our home security tips is simple enough though many don?t seem to believe it. Doing something to improve security is worth the effort and cost and discouraging theft is probably the single most cost effective approach.

As security increases in shops and businesses, most thieves are going to look for easier pickings. Breaking into homes can be a profitable way to go and some local burglar may be evaluating your home right now on his ?ease of theft? scale. Movies always seem to have clever crooks with lots of skills but most burglars are lazy drug addicts looking for the easiest possible way to feed their habit with as little risk as possible.

As a sort of backwards approach to home security tips, lets think about what some of the primary qualifications for a home to become a good target are. Having portable items valuable enough to steal is one. These days this probably means almost any house, but being able to see into the house can nail down a target if, for example, computers or other electronics can be seen from the outside.

Easy access and, particularly, possible windows and doors with blocked visibility appeal to burglars. High bushes or shrubs that can hide the burglar while working on a door or a window make a delightful, burglar friendly bonus. An absence of in your face security features such as security company signs or decals on windows, camera systems or motion sensitive lighting are also an invitation to burglars. Dogs are not popular with thieves, at least ones in homes they want to rob, so the absence of any indications of a dog can raise a home?s ?burglaribility? factor. Interestingly, National Rifle Association membership stickers or signs seem to drop a home?s popularity. The possible problem here is that if a robber can be certain no one is in there with a gun waiting to blow him away, then that NRA signage pretty strongly indicate there are weapons inside which are attractive items for thieves.

Most of these items are easily observable without being obvious or doing something overtly suspicious. Look at your home from this perspective and see how it rates as a potential target. Some 80% of the homes in the US have no specific protection against burglary except insurance. Some simple external items you can do easily can reduce your home?s attractiveness to burglars.. Start by eliminating any concealment provided by bushes and trees. especially near entry points. Next, make certain that valuable and easily portable items such as stereos, TVs, etc., are not visible from the outside. Signs and window decals, whether true or not, reduce your home?s attractiveness to criminals. Motion sensor lights and a dummy security camera are inexpensive and an added negative.

The home security tips discussed here are primarily ones which will make your home less attractive as a target for burglary. So, while they do offer a level of enhanced home security, you should also consider further steps to make your home more secure and more difficult to break into easily.

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