How to protect your home from burglaries: 5 tips for protection (2023)

What is anti-theft?

Burglary protection is designed to prevent burglars from forcibly entering your home through doors or windows. It's usually some kind of physical barrier placed next to the door or window. Anti-theft devices can be made of steel, aluminum and other materials, and can also be in electronic form. High-quality burglary solutions will be more resistant to attacks by burglars using readily available tools such as shovels, blocking them and protecting house occupants longer.

How to protect your home from burglaries

We all need burglary protection at home, but not everyone needs the same burglary protection. Families living in secure properties or apartments may only need window and door burglary protection to deter petty theft of easy-to-carry items like laptops and cell phones, or to keep monkeys or baboons out of the kitchen.

At the other end of the spectrum are farmers in remote locations who need a 'hardcore' approach to burglar-proof solutions, including a well-designed security perimeter that acts as a safe haven in the event of an emergency.

The rest of us are somewhere in between and need ideas on how to protect your home from burglary to avoid nasty surprises without making it feel like a prison.

Here are some tips for protecting your home from burglary that apply to all these types of homes.

1. Install burglar-proof solutions at every exit

The most common entry points for thieves are the front door, back door, and garage. We tend to leave these doors open or unlocked when we are at home because we believe that burglars do not risk breaking in easily when the house is occupied. However, it is precisely at this point that they enter, because it is very simple. You don't have to break in or make noise that would draw the attention of neighbors or armed forces personnel and when we have a burglar alarm it's usually off.

Install high quality security doors in the front and rear exit doors and keep these doors locked at all times. This way you can leave the doors open to let in fresh air and sunlight, knowing that security doors will protect you from thieves.

There are many burglar-proof door product options that will not obstruct your view or make your home look cluttered. transparent testsecurity screenswith a woven steel grid panel for your eyes to see. or aluminumThe lamellar leatherthat stylishly complement your furnishings and provide security.

lattice blindsThey are an excellent option if you live in a safe urbanization. Roller shutters with built in strengthening features and high quality locks are excellent deterrents against petty theft by casual thieves, on the downside that they don't look burglar proof at all.

Locks are often a weak point that thieves can easily exploit, so make sure your security doors have the strongest locks available. Also upgrade the door locks. Quality hardware stores should be able to help you with door lock suggestions.

2. Secure all your windows with anti-theft devices

Install anti-theft bars or grilles on all your windows, no matter how small or tall. It's amazing how innovative criminals can be when they are determined to break into your home. The small window high in the wall is no deterrent, and thieves will plot to break through if it's the only unguarded window.

Don't just protect open windows. Experienced burglars can break through fixed window panes with very little noise and gain easy access to your home, so protect them too.

As with exit doors, burglar-resistant window solutions should be installed indoors and, if possible, not outdoors. This forces the burglar to smash the window only to be confronted with a solid intrusion barrier that requires a great deal of effort and noise to break through. By doing so, they risk being discovered for the time it takes and the noise it makes, so they move to a house that's easier for them to break into.

Make sure some of your windows have burglary protection that can be opened in an emergency. You don't want to be locked in a room and not be able to get out because the windows are tightly shut.

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3. Install multiple layers of protection

Ideally, layers of security should be installed in and around the house, starting at the edge of the property and working up to and into the house. Outdoor motion sensors, secure fencing, intruder alarms, indoor motion sensors, intruder bars on all windows, sliding gates on doors, panic buttons, a safe room and armed response are all on the list.

However, this is an expensive endeavor, so start with burglar-proof security on your doors and windows so you can at least stop intruders from entering your home. Add more levels as funds become available so you have mechanisms to alert you to uninvited guests on your property.

If you live on a secure property, petty theft is often an issue, so you may not need many shifts. Burglar-proof windows are often enough to deter passers-by from breaking in and stealing your valuables. products likePolycarbonate rodsfor windows,The lamellar leatherÖtransparent protective grilleThey are perfect as they are all transparent and don't look like security barriers.

Loud deterrents such as large dogs and alarm systems are good investments as they increase the burglar's fear of being caught. As an element of surprise, let at least one large dog sleep inside in case burglars break into your home.

4. Ask outside

Keep your garden free of hiding places for thieves. Trim bushes that grow near the house and outside walls or fences. Do not leave utensils or garden tools outside. Criminals just need a small hammer thrown to break a window and break into your house.

Make sure you have adequate outside lighting so you don't have to drive home after dark and replace the balloons once they stop working. Outdoor lighting is another good deterrent as criminals don't want to be seen. Use night lights throughout the house for the same reason.

5. Vigilance is key

A list of tips for protecting your home from burglary is incomplete without mentioning the most important thing: vigilance. This is as simple as looking for normal things or people around you. Of course, you can't accuse every stranger of being a burglar, but just knowing they're there will make you more likely to keep your security doors and windows shut and locked.

Join or start your neighborhood watch and share information in a group message. Areas in South Africa that have successfully worked together have drastically reduced crime rates.

Keep the garage door closed and make sure you know where all the remote controls are. If one of these is lost, ask your garage door supplier to reset the others to prevent possible theft.

Never leave remote controls in your car as some thieves can "record" your transmitter signal and open the door without stealing the remote control. Also, insist on encrypted encryption or code-hopping transmitters and receivers to optimize your security.

Finally, keep track of your house keys. Make sure you know who has keys to your house and if you fire employees, make sure the keys and remotes they have access to are returned to you.