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How to avoid burglary in your home
- Try not to accumulate valuables at home. If you have any, make a list indicating their characteristics, make, model and manufacturer’s number. Mark or engrave objects with your ID number to help identify them, if necessary.
- Hide any important documents (savings books, cheque books, insurance policies, etc), especially those that bear your signature.
- Mistrust unsolicited “service engineers” (water, electricity, gas, telephone, telephone, etc). Ask the service engineer for ID and check by phone with the company supposedly offering the service.
- Make sure all windows and doors are properly closed on going out, including those that open onto interior community spaces (patios, terraces, courtyards, etc).
- Lock the door even if you’re only going out for a moment.
- Never leave notes on the door indicating your absence.
- Always control who has copies of the keys to your home.
- Change the lock if you lose your keys.
- Strengthen the door with security systems: plating, reinforced frames and hinges, spyhole, safety chain, catch, etc.
- Try not to leave signs of your absence (dry plants, full letterbox, lowered blinds, etc.) Washing on the line, half-lowered blinds and a programmed lighting timer control are measures that suggest the home is occupied. Ask someone you trust to keep an eye on your home while you are away and leave them a contact number.
- Do not mention in front of strangers that you will be away for the weekend or on holiday.
- Remember to test and arm the alarm system, if installed, before going away.
- Remember to leave valuables and documents in a safe place before leaving.
