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Protect yourself and your home from unwanted visitors! Make your home a difficult target.
Inside your home Make it difficult for your valuables
to be taken. Check who’s at the door and don’t
open it if you feel anxious. Leave some lights on or consider
using plug timers if it will be dark
before you get home. Store keys, including your car keys,
out of sight and away from the
front door area. Hide wallets, identity cards,
passports and cash. Mark or etch your property with
your postcode, house, flat number
or the first three letters of your
house name. Take photographs of your valuable
items such as jewellery. Register items with serial numbers
such as mobile phones, games
consoles, bikes and watches at:
www.immobilise.com Outside your home
Install good outside lighting. Scale back hedges or fences that
prevent people seeing your home. Lock doors and windows every time
you leave the house, even when you
are in the garden. Cancel milk or other deliveries if
you are planning on being away
from home. Ask a neighbour, friend or relative
to keep an eye on your property if
you are going away. Keep ladders and gardening tools
locked away to prevent them being
used to gain entry to your home. Secure bikes by locking them to an
immoveable object inside a locked
shed or garage. Install a burglar
alarm that can be seen on the
outside of your property. On your street
Be a good neighbour and check on
your neighbours’ properties if they
are away. Remove any letters or deliveries
from the letterbox or doorway. Clear snow to your neighbours’
doors, or walk on their paths if they
are away - footprints will make the
house appear occupied. Burglars look for the best house
to target, so report anyone acting
suspiciously. Consider setting up or joining a
Neighbourhood Watch scheme. For more information please contact your local Safer Neighbourhood Team
or visit: www.derbyshire.police.uk 
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