Tips to Avoid Burglary

Visitors to your door
Do not open the door with the canvassers or door to door sales people without to have checking their professional identity.

Answering Machine
If you go away for some time, avoid leaving a too precise message on your answering machine. Informed of the duration of your absence, the burglars will know when to act without risk.

Windows
The windows of the ground floor are particularly vulnerable. In house, six burglars out of ten break in this way. If you do not want to close the shutters permanently, equip them with solid bars. Also consider the windows accessible from the roof.

Don’t leave ladders or garden furniture out.
Why leave tools out for a potential burglar to break into your house? Ensure that ladders and garden tools are out of reach of any would-be burglars.

The Garage
If the garage provides access to the house, its large doors can represent a weak point: take care of good to keep them locked and systematically equip the door with communication of a safety lock.

House Keys
Never write your address on your key-ring. In the event of loss or theft of your hand bag or papers carrying your address, change all your locks immediately and do not arrange to meet someone outside your house if they telephone you to say that they were found - this can be a trick to make you leave on your house leaving it unoccupied.

Front Door
It is generally by there that one penetrates on your premise (especially if you live in apartment). Check the state and the composition of the panel. A shielding is best safety against this type of aggression, but a good lock, reinforcements of hinge plates and angles anti-infraction is already a good protection.

Jewels and Valuable Articles
Be wary of the too traditional hiding-places. Lock up papers and valuable articles in a trunk, in a safe, or at the bank.

The Letter-Box
An overflowing letter box announces your absence to a burglar. Ask the postal service to temporarily suspend your mail or ask a neighbour to empty it regularly if you cannot do it yourself.