Security Mistakes that Actually Attract Burglars

Some­times just by leav­ing the house for a few min­utes, you are giv­ing bur­glars the chance to rob you. You may think there’s no need to put on your alarm sys­tem because you’re sim­ply run­ning to the store, but in the mind of a bur­glar, you’re sim­ply cre­at­ing an easy tar­get.

Bur­glars are career thieves and have come up with every secu­ri­ty-bust­ing trick in the book to get access to your home. Don’t let them steal your valu­ables just because they can.

Avoid the fol­low­ing secu­ri­ty mis­takes that actu­al­ly attract bur­glars instead of repelling them:

• Mail call:
  If you’re going on vaca­tion, put your mail on hold. This goes for every­thing from deliv­er­ies to news­pa­pers – basi­cal­ly any­thing that can sit on your doorstep if you’re not home. If you’re close with your neigh­bours, you can ask them or a loved one to col­lect your mail while you’re away. Bur­glars see a pile of mail on a doorstep and take it as an open invi­ta­tion to steal.

• Keep your valu­ables out of view:
  Some peo­ple think that if they keep their blinds closed for too long, bur­glars will know they’re not at home. In actu­al­i­ty, you should keep your blinds closed when you’re out. If not, thieves will be able to see into your win­dow and can make note of what they want to steal, where it’s locat­ed, and are even able to map out the eas­i­est route to get it out of your home.

• Leav­ing the garage unse­cured:
  While most peo­ple remem­ber to lock their doors and put an alarm sys­tem in place, they often for­get about the garage. Make sure your garage is con­nect­ed to your home’s cen­tral alarm sys­tem or bet­ter yet, get it its own sys­tem.

• The back­door is still a door:
  Peo­ple often for­get that their back­door is still an entrance­way to their home and leave it unlocked. Even if your prop­er­ty is fenced off, that won’t stop a bur­glar from jump­ing the fence and sneak­ing in through a patio door.

• Keys are for your key­chain only:
  Do not leave a spare key any­where on the out­side of your prop­er­ty. Bur­glars are look­ing under mats and every oth­er com­mon hid­ing place and won’t stop until they find your key. Don’t give them VIP access to your home and keep keys on your key­chain where they belong.

• Light up the night and day:
  If you’re going on vaca­tion, have lights pro­grammed to go on and off at cer­tain times of the night and day. Trick thieves into think­ing you’re home with lights going on in dif­fer­ent rooms at dif­fer­ent times.

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