How safe is your home?

How safe is your home?
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Doors and Windows

1

Are all locks to outside doors either dead locks or strong bolt locks?

2

Can door locks be opened by breaking a window and reaching through?

3

Can internal doors be locked?

4

Are all locks in good working order?

5

Do you lock the internal door from your garage?

6

Can you account for all copies of keys to your home?

7

Are window locks properly and securely mounted?

8

Do you keep your windows locked when they are shut?

9

Do you use locks that allow windows to be secured partly open?

Garage

10

Do you lock your garage door at night?

11

Do you lock you garage when you are away from home?

12

Do you have good secure locks on the garage doors an windows?

13

Do you lock your car when it is parked in the garage?

Holiday

14

Do you notify neighbours when you go on holiday?

15

Do your neighbours collect mail and circulars when you are on holiday?

16

Do you stop deliveries of newspaper when on holiday?

17

Do you have shades up and lights on when on holiday?

18

Do you use timers on lights & radios to make it look like you are  home?

19

Do you arrange to keep lawns and gardens in shape?

20

Are you a member of a neighbourhood support group?

Environment

21

Do you have sensor lights around your house?

22

Are shrubs and bushes well trimmed near your house and borders?

Safe Practices

23

Have you recorded all serial numbers and stored them away from home?

24

Have you uniquely marked valuable items (etch or invisible)?

25

Do you have a description of valuable property?

26

Have you displayed a sign that items are marked for identification?

27

Do you have an alarm?

28

Have you displayed a sign stating that your house is alarmed?

29

Do you report suspicious activity or people to Police immediately?

30

Do you know not to disturb anything if you are burgled, just to call Police?