Chapter 10: How to Prevent Your Home from Being Burglarized

Break-ins and burglaries are a common safety concern for most families when they are at home or not at home. A break-in can happen anytime day or night whether you are home or out and about. Some burglars are scared if someone is home and others are rather bold and daring. Sometimes you cannot prevent a burglary but it is always good to take precautions and air on the safe side. Consider a security system for break-ins if that is something that concerns you or is common in your neighborhood. More often than not a burglary will happen during the day and the reason is most people are at work or doing errands at that time.

There are many ways to keep your house secure and prevent a burglary. A burglar tends to look for a residence that has no one in it. One way to prevent a burglary is to have lights set to turn on at certain times so it looks like someone is home. Consider your household habits because sometimes burglars study your home and will know based on habits when you are home and when you are out. Some household habits can be varied so that burglar would be confused as to whether you were home or not. Make sure there is some noise inside the house this could be a television or a radio that could make it seem like someone is at home. Consider what noises are heard noises like a telephone answering machine will give away that you are not home.

Consider if you are out of your home for an extended period of time make sure packages and mail are held so as to not give away that you are out of town. Also consider that if you are not home your phone can ring and ring and a burglar might know when you are home and not home based on whether you answer or not. Sometimes it is possible to get house calls forwarded to your cell so you can answer even when you are out of town. You might want a friend or a neighbor to go in your house and make sure to make the house look occupied from time to time to throw off any burglars.

Make sure that you abide by proper home safety to ensure you’re protected from a burglary any time of day or night. Remember to make the house look busy even when no one is home. If you want an alarm system, it will alert you if anyone breaks-in and the burglar may leave due to fear of being caught. Consider what you will do if you go on a vacation or leave home for a long time. Talk to close friends and neighbors in order to make sure they can monitor house and make sure no one breaks in. They can adjust things in the house and make it look busy. Make sure to take precautions to be safe if a burglary does happen as you cannot always prevent one from happening.