1 - Make sure doors are solid enough and can’t be easily kicked-in
2- Install a peephole in your front door
3- Replace glass panels on or around doors and accessible windows with laminated glass
4- Choose a secure handle set-lock for your doors
5- A Multi-point locking involves several hooks or bolts holding the door into the frame
6- Prevent easy access to the back and sides of your home by installing locked gates fencing or walls
7- Trim back any plants,Trees ...Make sure it’s easy for you to see people approaching your home so that a burglar can’t work without being seen
8- Make sure you lock all doors and shut all windows before leaving the house. It’s easy to forget when you’re in hurry, but it’s the simplest way for a burglar to enter your home
9- Don't make it easy on a burglar,Never leave keys anywhere near the front door,including your mailbox,planters,or under doormat
10- keep any tools such as ladders or items that may be used to break in, out of sight
11- Don’t leave your curtains closed during the daytime; Make sure your home looks occupied.
A home that looks empty is far more likely to be targeted by a burglar
12- Use automatic timer-switches to turn on a light when it goes dark
13- never indicate that you are not at home on your answering Machine message,just ask the caller to leave a message
14- Always make sure that you lock all doors and
windows and set your burglar alarm if you have one
15- Never leave notes on your door for delivery people
16- Do not put your name and residential address on
your key ring
17- When service or delivery people come to your
door, ask for ID
18- onsider having a dog that can scare a stranger away
19- Cut up cartons for TVs, computers, stereos, etc.
Tie the pieces together and put them in a bag so a burglar going through the garbage does not see any evidence of highly valuable household items
20- If you hear or see something suspicious call the police immediately
