Here’s What You Can Learn From Burglars When Safeguarding Your Home

Burglar wearing black clothes and leather coat breaking in a house

If a burglar wants to break into your house, they will find a way to do so. It might be through an unlocked door, an open window or other means. They might wait until nightfall and notice if there are no lights on inside the home so they feel free to enter it (since it’s assumed no one is home). Once inside, they’ll look for valuables and if they’re easy to find, they’ll take them– such as art pieces off the wall, computers on desks, jewelry in the bedroom, etc. They especially like to break into homes around holidays when people travel and… aren’t home. Think like a burglar would think if you want to prevent them from ripping you off. 

How to Help Protect Yourself From Burglars

Burglary can and does happen anywhere. Your house in the country that has no neighbors for miles? It could be broken into and things could be stolen from it. Your cottage on the lake? Yep. Your mansion in the suburbs? Yep? Your apartment in the city? Yep, that too. Burglars will look for open windows and unlocked doors anywhere! If you give them an inch, they’ll steal a mile. 

Once they steal your stuff, good luck getting it back. Therefore, you should have up-to-date insurance to cover the cost(s) of stolen goods. Furthermore, you should take pictures of your valuables so you have a record of what you have/had.

Finally, why not make it harder for burglars to succeed? You could have a security system installed at your house or place of business and that way there are some things in place to scare them away and/or record their crimes. 

Learn about available security systems by calling NYCONN Security Systems (serving New York and Connecticut) at 800-783-5004. NYCONN Security Systems deals with things such as access control, home automation, structured wiring, video surveillance and more– helping keep people and their things safe from burglars.