Home Security
Words by Sarah Williams
No matter how bad one may hate living in unsafe neighbourhoods, in most cases, it’s nearly impossible to do much about it.
This is why the need for securing your property arises. And as you may look for ways to secure your property against criminal threats, this article will help you.
Here are five home security tips to help anyone who’s living in an unsafe neighbourhood.
So, don’t worry as we got this for you.
1. Stay Alert
Most criminals would come walking through your street (yes, thieves rarely use the helicopters now).
So, the best you can do is be smart and aware. Be alert whenever you are awake. And maybe you can pet a dog for the night time.
Also, keep police on your speed dials, so no time is wasted dialling or looking for phone numbers when you know your property may be at risk of being robbed or attacked.
2. Know Your Neighbours
As you are living in a bad neighbourhood, it’s essential for you to know which neighbours are safe to interact with and which neighbours you need to avoid.
To do the same, you can interact with your neighbours. Learn a thing or two about them. Socialize a little bit and find out for your own good, so you can avoid the “bad” in your “bad neighbourhood”.
3. Secure Entry Points and Keep Your Valuables in a Safe Place
The next thing that you may want to do is secure all the possible entry points that a criminal may exploit for breaking into your property.
So, whether there are windows, or back doors, or even the brick exhaust, to keep all the “bad Santas” out and away from your home, keep it all secure.
Apart from this, make sure that all your valuables are kept safely in a place that isn’t easy to find. This will keep the burglars puzzled (if they manage to break in) for long, so you will have more time to tackle the situation by calling the cops or maybe just preventing the robbery.
4. Install a Home Security System
Modern home security technologies have made home safety as easy as a walk in the park.
Although these systems may not be able to prevent crime on their own, if you coordinate smartly, you can surely avoid nearly all sorts of house-lifting attempts that any criminals may make.
Take this for example, if all exit points in your house have a WiFi-enabled locking system with WiFi-enabled CCTV cameras, you will have an option to lock the burglars inside your home (if they somehow managed to get in while you were away).
And then, your smart move. Get the cops to your property, and the crime will be prevented from happening and affecting you.
Sounds cool, right?
5. Hire a Security Guard
If the area that you live in is too unsafe to manage, hiring a nightguard may be your best bet. These guards have the right knowledge and expertise in dealing with various criminal situations, so they would best be able to tackle all the neighbouring dangers.
Also, while hiring a security guard/agency, make sure they have acquired the right kind of training and are using qualified equipment like a polycarbonate baton, and genuine ASP handcuffs, so you don’t have to suffer for their half measures.
Final words
Living in an unsafe neighbourhood becomes worse when you don’t know how to keep yourself and your property safe. Thankfully, you can change that.
Here you read about five home security tips for adding layers to your home’s security as you live in a bad neighbourhood.
Hopefully, this was helpful.