Be The Burglar and Increase Your Home Security

Be The Burglar and Increase Your Home Security
Home Security Coach

One of the best ways to increase the security of your home is to pretend to be the burglar or criminal. Walk out to the street and case your own property all the while asking yourself how you would defeat the home security of this home. Many people that have completed this scenario have told me theyve learned of weaknesses in their home security plans they never even thought twice about before.

Increase Your Home Security By Being The Criminal


Once outside of your home walk the entire perimeter and look for any weakness in your security plan. Once youve identified the weakness take steps to make it a strength.

Here are few tips to increase your overall home security by examining your own home or apartment.

Examine lighting is it sufficient around the home and near entrances?

Do all doors and locks reflect strength or could some easily be entered.

Are there signs for security systems?

Can you tell who lives in your home? Does it look like someone feabile lives there or an athlete with a basketball in the yard?

Does a dog live at this home? Maybe one doesnt but that large dog dish might mean a large angry dog.

Where would you hide if you were trying to gain unseen entrance to the home? Would those bushes by the window hide you?

The tips mentioned above should get you on the way to thinking like a burglar. There are many more weaknesses that may jump out at you once you begin thinking like a burglar to improve your home security.