Have you done your Christmas shopping already? Do you have thousands of pounds worth of gifts lying around at home waiting to be given to friends and family? Are You Worried about break-in’s this festive season?
Although burglary rates have in fact fallen steadily over the past 10 years or so in most parts of the UK, Christmas time still sees a rise in break-ins and becoming victim of a burglary can be traumatising, disruptive and expensive.
The good news is that there are a range of different ways to make your home safer and less inviting to a would be burglar
Monitored and Non-Monitored Burglar Alarms
Some might argue that a burglar alarm is no longer a good deterrent as no one takes a blind bit of notice when they hear a burglar alarm sounding. However data tells us that over 80% of burglaries are committed on homes without a burglar alarm meaning the fact that your home has a burglar alarm does effect the burglars decision to target your home.
Without a siren sounding the burglar can spend more time looking around and hunting out your most valuable possessions, whereas a sounding alarm with usually make the burglar grab and run because they simple don’t know whether the Police have been alerted and are on their way or whether you have the kind of modern alarm system that calls your mobile phone.
It’s irrelevant whether your neighbours are running to your assistance or simply ignoring the alarm as the burglar cannot take the risk so we would say that a burglar alarm is in fact a good deterrent
CCTV Systems and Smart Cameras
CCTV Systems have been around for decades, primarily popular with businesses due to their high installation and monitoring costs, but over the years prices came down and we started to see CCTV Systems in a number of private dwellings.
Smart Cameras are relatively new and have become very popular in recent years. A smart camera keeps and eye on your home and uses a Wi-Fi network to transmit the video to your smartphone or cloud storage for archive.
Data reveals that 90% of burglaries are committed on homes without visible cameras making CCTV Systems and Smart Cameras the number 1 burglar deterrent.
There are a wide range of CCTV systems available for home installation from discreet colour dome cameras linked to a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) to large multi camera systems with Hi-Speed joystick controlled zoom camera. These systems are typically fitted by expert installers such as MAB Security.
Smart Cameras are much easier to set up and do not require expert installation. Systems like Ring and Blink are wireless, can be installed by a novice either indoors or outdoors and offer motion detection and the ability to hear and speak to visitors making these systems our number on choice for home security and piece of mind