3 Factors That Deter Burglars from Breaking into Your Home

Making your home physically harder for criminals to break into makes them work harder, costs them time and deters them. Here are 3 factors that deter burglars from breaking into your home, such as: dog ownership, escape route availability and alarm and security systems.

Dog Ownership
Dog ownership has long been a cited method of maintaining a safe home and deterring against burglars. When given a chance to burglarize a home at random, burglars are much more likely to target a home that does not have a dog rather than a home that does have a dog. Large dogs are intimidating because of their appearance and pitch of their bark, but even a small dog can be effective in warding off intruders. It should be noted that while having a dog in the home is an additional measure to guarding against burglary, it should never be the sole reason for owning a dog. Dogs require upkeep and companionship so unless a family is prepared to take on a long term responsibility which involves bringing another family member in to the home, this should not be considered as a method of deterring burglars. Source: Asecurelife

Escape route availability
Burglars prefer to target homes that have hiding spots and escape routes in the yards, and abundant bushes and trees make for great cover, Houseworth says. As a result, yards with less shrubbery and more open spaces aren’t particularly appealing targets. “If the home is open and relatively exposed, a burglar will think, ‘I’m going to go in, and if something goes wrong, how am I going to get out of here?’ ” Houseworth says. Source: Money.usnews

Alarm and Security Systems
Security alarms aren’t just there to scare burglars off, they deter burglars from invading your home in the first place.
According to the study,
“About 60% of the burglars indicated that the presence of an alarm would cause them to seek an alternative target altogether. This was particularly true among the subset of burglars that were more likely to spend time deliberately and carefully planning a burglary.”
Cameras/Surveillance equipment: Burglars don’t want their faces to be seen. Who knew? That’s why a well-placed security camera will scare burglars off. And we have many resources teaching homeowners about security cameras! Source: Ackermansecurity

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