Keep Your House Secure As the Evenings Draw In
The evenings are already starting to draw in and the clocks go back
on Sunday 27th October , meaning many of us will
return home from work or school in the dark.
Darker evenings can give burglars an opportunity to easily see
which houses are unoccupied. Here are a few things you might like
to consider to lessen the chance of your house being targeted:
• Invest in a timer light switch and vary the time it comes on each day
to make it look more natural. It can also be used with a radio or TV to
give the impression that someone’s home.
• Perhaps purchase a fake/simulated TV device which lights up a
room like a real TV.
• Keep valuables out of sight and mark them with your house
number and postcode using a UV pen, or consider buying a forensic
property marking system.
• Register your valuables via www.immobilise.com and keep an
inventory list. It’s free and takes just a few minutes.
• If you have jewellery at home, photograph it for insurance
purposes and consider storing it in a suitable safe.
• Lock your doors and windows, if you have a UPVC door make sure
you have double locked it by lifting the handle and locking it with
the key. Make sure the key is removed from the lock and out of
reach.
• If you’re going away over the half-term holiday, remember not to
post details of your holiday on social networking websites, cancel
any milk or newspaper deliveries and if you have a burglar alarm,
make sure it is set before you leave.
• Look out for your neighbours’ houses, especially when they’re not
at home and call the police if you see anything suspicious on 101 or
999 in an emergency
Message Sent By
Ian Stacey (Police, Neighbourhood Policing Administrator, Chiltern & South Bucks)
on Sunday 27th October , meaning many of us will
return home from work or school in the dark.
Darker evenings can give burglars an opportunity to easily see
which houses are unoccupied. Here are a few things you might like
to consider to lessen the chance of your house being targeted:
• Invest in a timer light switch and vary the time it comes on each day
to make it look more natural. It can also be used with a radio or TV to
give the impression that someone’s home.
• Perhaps purchase a fake/simulated TV device which lights up a
room like a real TV.
• Keep valuables out of sight and mark them with your house
number and postcode using a UV pen, or consider buying a forensic
property marking system.
• Register your valuables via www.immobilise.com and keep an
inventory list. It’s free and takes just a few minutes.
• If you have jewellery at home, photograph it for insurance
purposes and consider storing it in a suitable safe.
• Lock your doors and windows, if you have a UPVC door make sure
you have double locked it by lifting the handle and locking it with
the key. Make sure the key is removed from the lock and out of
reach.
• If you’re going away over the half-term holiday, remember not to
post details of your holiday on social networking websites, cancel
any milk or newspaper deliveries and if you have a burglar alarm,
make sure it is set before you leave.
• Look out for your neighbours’ houses, especially when they’re not
at home and call the police if you see anything suspicious on 101 or
999 in an emergency
Message Sent By
Ian Stacey (Police, Neighbourhood Policing Administrator, Chiltern & South Bucks)
