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Set up or join a Neighbourhood
Support Group.
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Make sure doors and windows have
good quality catches and locks-deadlocks if possible,
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Always lock doors and windows at
night and if you are out in the garden.
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Be careful if you leave a key
hidden outside. Burglars know where to look.
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Keep garden sheds and garages
secure and lock away tools and ladders.
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Have an alarm system installed, or
at least a dummy one.
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Install sensor lights around access
paths and external doors.
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Trim trees and shrubbery which
might hide a burglar's activities.
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Plant 'thorny' and 'spikey' plants
under low windows.
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When you go on holiday use
neighbours, relatives or friends to clear mail and make the place
look occupied.
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Use timers on lights and appliances
and vehicles parked in the driveway for the same effect.
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Put an 'ADDRESSED MAIL ONLY' notice
on your letterbox to stop circulars and local newspapers. Then put a
stop on your mail and newspaper. You can remove the signs when you
get back from holiday if you like receiving the circulars and local papers.
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Consider placing A 'BEWARE OF DOG'
notice on gate.
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Don't record an answerphone message
which starts...... for instance "We're not at home right now......"
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Burglars like to drive right
up to the house being ransacked. They don't like carrying stolen
goods out to a car parked in the street. If you can have a locked
gate or even a locked chain across your drive it makes your house
less vulnerable.
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Mark valuable property and keep a
record of serial numbers. < http://www.icnz.org.nz/downloads/serial-number-recording-form.pdf
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Get to know your neighbours and
develop plans to deal with problems or suspicious activity.
