When Your Home Locks are Ignored…
Someone wanting to break in to a home doesn’t care about laws, or locks for that matter. If the want in to your stuff they will just do it if there isn’t enough deterrent. The more deterrent the less motivation there is for risking their well being.
Home Intruder Stats
What Bunglers Like-
Burglars tend to avoid homes with security systems because they don’t want to get caught. The tiny guilty feeling that a burglar may get stops them like a child in trouble with their parents.
See our article on the Psychology of a Burglar for more on this. A University of North Carolina report at Charlotte’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, stated that around 60% of convicted burglars said the known presence of a security system influenced their thoughts to target a different home or a different neighborhood. Need we say more?
When do burglaries take place?
Somewhere between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m when people work or go to school. Its assumed that no one will be home at those times. Seems like an IP camera or security camera would be a good investment. Most have motion detection keeping recorded content for only those times an object or person is with in range so it won’t use up all your disk space. Activate the option for push alerts to be notified any time. Perhaps a street view from your driveway camera, for monitoring packages or delivery personnel. Alerts right to your phone would be great too.
Just Walk In!-
Another stunning fact is most burglars live within two miles of the victims home. They can easily scope out the residence on a regular basis and determine the usual activity of those living there. Burglars look for homes that are easy targets and have isolated entryways or yards. So having a camera at each corner of the house would provide video surveillance easily.
If you regularly leave door open or widows ajar, well, that’s not safe. Entry through ‘open’ doors and windows account for a large percentage of nearly 30% of home invasions. Use a good quality knob-and-lock set and a heavy-duty deadbolt, mount a security camera to the porch ceiling, and have personal protection. So try to lock up your stuff.
They Took What?!?!-
On average, the list of home items taken during a burglary stays consistent. Top dollar items that can be sold for a fast turnaround are usually grabbed first. Average total in stolen property is near $2,349.
Top stolen items include:
- Cash
- Electronics
- Jewelry
- Firearms
- Precious Metal Items(silver flatware, art)
Camerasecurityreviews.com has single wireless IP network cameras for under $200. That’s a pretty small investment to take back control of your home when your away. Not only do you lose property value, the mental health of dealing with a break-in may be a greater loss.
Also we offer up to 32 channel systems for absolute total-property viewing range. The FBI reports that burglary victims suffered $3.9 billion in loss, and almost 75% were typical family homes. Check with your insurance provider, there may be discounts for securing your home with the right security system.