West Mercia Police have compiled the following burglary prevention list:
Set a timer switch to control your lights to come on and off at various times when no-one is at home, as an unlit house can attract unwanted attention.
Remember to lock your doors, patio and downstairs windows even when you are in, make sure you double check before you go to bed.
If you have a burglar alarm make sure you set it when you go out. Also consider setting it before you go to bed.
Don't leave car keys, ID cards or valuables near windows, doors or letterboxes, where burglars can reach through to steal them.
Don't leave laptops on view or other valuable items.
At night take your handbag and wallet upstairs with you.
Don't leave car keys on tools in the kitchen or on hall tables, this is the first place a thief will look.
Lock your garden gates and side entrances, this makes it time consuming for a person to enter your property.
Do not leave garden tools around the garden or yard, doing so provides a thief with the tools to break into your house.
Do not leave valuable items on show in your car whether it is out shopping or parked at home.
Never leave the car unlocked, or with the keys in the ignition when it is unattended. Not even for a couple of minutes. Doing so could affect your insurance.
Do not leave your car running unattended whilst it defrosts, this is a traffic offence on a public road and it leaves your vehicle vulnerable to theft.
Keep your outer buildings locked and consider whitewashing windows of sheds to stop people looking inside.
Mark property to help identify it. This can be done with either invisible ultra violet pens or smart water. You can consider etching your postcode onto items such as tools.
Research has been shown that there are a set of security actions which can help to provide up to 50 times more protection for your home versus no security.
This has been recommended by police throughout the country.
Here is how you can hep to protect your home:
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