What are we protecting ourselves against?

What are we protecting ourselves against?

Before you plan a home security system, you really should figure out what it is that you most likely need protection from. Everybody has some fear that “something” might happen, usually something like home invasion. But you really need to assess where the real threats are with regard to you specifically, not just national averages or statistics.

It could be that fire presents the most danger to your home far beyond the possibility of robbery or home invasion. This being the case, you’ll want to make sure that your home security system includes a fire alarm what will notify the fire department directly rather than just calling the police. Checking the statistics for your particular neighborhood or region may suggest that robbery is likely in your area. Some things to consider:

• A typical home robbery constitutes a loss of approximately $1,300 per home owner.
• Statistically 88% of the people arrested for robbing homes are men, 35% of them are under the age of 18. Over 60% of them are under 25 years of age.
• The majority of home robberies happen during the day when the homeowner is at work.
• Typically if a home robbery occurs at night its at a house that appears to be unoccupied.
• Statistically, homes that are located in the middle of a residential block are less likely to be broken into than those that sit on corner lots.

 

It’s not possible to control someone’s interest or desire to rob homes. And it’s really not possible to keep yourself out of harm’s way without severely limiting your lifestyle. But you can implement a home security system that will have a major impact on the likelihood of something happening to you in your home. The 4 key factors your home security system should address are:

1. It should make your home an undesirable target for any criminal with an eye for an easy score.
2. It should greatly reduce or even remove the opportunities that a robber would want to take advantage of to break into your home.
3. It should put you and your valuables more difficult to get to.
4. It should take into account the possibility of other home emergencies such as fire, elderly people needing help, or unsafe carbon monoxide levels.

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