How Secure Is Your Home?

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We work hard to provide for our families so why should we allow somebody to walk into our home and take what they want for free? Ultimately if somebody really wants to break into a house, they will be able to achieve this. But you can take some simple steps to make this as difficult as possible. Thieves are lazy individuals who look for an easy option, make their job a little harder and they will lose interest quickly. Here we look at some of those precautions and if you follow them, you will send the lazy thieves away to a softer option.
Burglary Facts
Here are a few statistics to help you understand the enormity of this very real threat:
• In the USA, house crimes are committed every three seconds.
• Family homes are twice as likely to be burglarized as apartments.
• The most likely items to be stolen are cash, jewellery, electronic equipment, and guns.
Attitude and Carelessness
The majority of household break-ins are a result of the homeowner's lack of attention to detail when it comes to common sense. Most homeowners only think about security after a neighbor has been robbed. The two things that burglars are scared of are being seen and wasting time entering a house.