Top Ten Home Safety Tips
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Worried about the safety of your home? The Crime & Investigation Network and Greater Manchester Police have put together some top tips for keeping your home safe while you are out.
Top Ten Tips:
• Keep valuables out of sight and away from windows and doors.
• If leaving your house empty, leave a light on and consider fitting timer switches on lights – remember it may start getting dark before you return.
• Think about fitting a burglar alarm and if you have one, remember to switch it on when you go out or go to bed.
• Remove keys from locked windows and doors; take care to keep them out of sight and safe.
• Fit locks to all windows that a burglar could use and remember to keep them locked.
• Fit British Standard deadlocks to external doors and always use them.
• Restricting access to your rear garden reduces your chance of suffering a burglary. Prickly plants such as roses and hawthorns can provide extra protection.
• Use or install security lighting such as motion sensor lighting.
• Gravel your paths, as this is a noisy deterrent for burglars.
• Ask neighbours to keep an eye on your house and garden; offer to do the same for them in return.
For further information on Greater Manchester Police please visit their website.
Worried about the safety of your home? The Crime & Investigation Network and Greater Manchester Police have put together some top tips for keeping your home safe while you are out.
Top Ten Tips:
• Keep valuables out of sight and away from windows and doors.
• If leaving your house empty, leave a light on and consider fitting timer switches on lights – remember it may start getting dark before you return.
• Think about fitting a burglar alarm and if you have one, remember to switch it on when you go out or go to bed.
• Remove keys from locked windows and doors; take care to keep them out of sight and safe.
• Fit locks to all windows that a burglar could use and remember to keep them locked.
• Fit British Standard deadlocks to external doors and always use them.
• Restricting access to your rear garden reduces your chance of suffering a burglary. Prickly plants such as roses and hawthorns can provide extra protection.
• Use or install security lighting such as motion sensor lighting.
• Gravel your paths, as this is a noisy deterrent for burglars.
• Ask neighbours to keep an eye on your house and garden; offer to do the same for them in return.
For further information on Greater Manchester Police please visit their website.
