Methods of securing your property

Ultimately, many such criminals are looking for highest gains with lowest risk. To help combat being targeted by such people, you need to make the risks outweigh the gains, and the steps you can take on this are remarkably simple:

1. Ensure you close and lock all windows, doors, and gates, when not in use


2. Keep valuable items out of plain view when these are in use


3. Advertise that you are part of a neighbourhood watch scheme


4. Have a burglar alarm visibly installed on your property


5. Install a visible home surveillance equipment

Issues 1 to 3 are common sense matters that require a small investment of time, but issues 4-5 require some small investment on your part.

However, they significantly increase the risk for opportunist criminals, and none better than installing a visible home surveillance system.

Home surveillance systems

Although you can increase the risks to such a criminal by ensuring that basic safeguards are made with your property, they cannot stop your property being targeted.

The difference a home surveillance system makes is that it ensures that even if your property is targeted, the offender can be recorded in action, identified, and much more easily arrested.

Few things are as effective at preventing a criminal act of theft or burglary than promising would-be criminals that they will be easily identified if they target your property. There are few more effective measures.

The cost of home security

Many people think that home security and surveillance systems must be costly. After all, businesses can afford to use them, but the average homeowner is unlikely to. The average homeowner is also much more likely to be the victim of opportunist crime.

And the tragedy is that home surveillance equipment is remarkably cheap. There are many different solutions on the market that will provide home surveillance for as little as around £80/$150.

When you compare that to the actual costs of your home being broken into: valuables taken, sentimental artifacts stolen never to be returned; the general cost and hassle of dealing with police who act like they have more important things to do, the increase in insurance premiums if you claim on home insurance, and the general psychological insecurity of knowing your property has been violated – well, $150 never looked so cheap!

Types of Home security

There are many different types of home security and surveillance systems available for the domestic user and business.

Generally, you will need a system with at least one visible camera in a very visible place.

The most basic is a dummy camera – although can very be effective as a deterrent, it can't help identify criminals if they do actually target your property.

There are other systems that have a single surveillance camera, which records either to video or a computer harddrive. However, these remain limited to only helping protect one area of your property – for example, the front of your house. A burglar who approaches the rear may not even know it's there.

The best systems are a multi-camera set – usually at least four – so that you can have surveillance around all four major sides of your property. This will create a comprehensive perception of very high risk for any opportunist criminal.

Examples of home security systems:

Example of basic home surveillance and security equipment include:

• CS mount surveillance camera - basic surveillance camera


• CMOS Security camera - basic security camera


• Surveillance equipment - types of general surveillance equipment


• CCTV cameras - types of CCTV equipment

Ultimately, the aim of a home surveillance system is to act as a deterrent – by increasing the risk of being caught, a criminal will be far less likely to target your property, and this is the most important aspect to security your home, your business, and your property.

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About the writer:
Brian Turner helps provide information on surveillance, CCTV, and cameras for home security and surveillance use.