There's more you can do. Part of the fun of owning a home is experimenting with your home's image. While you're making your home as attractive as you can to your friends and neighbors, you can make it equally unattractive to intruders. Neighborhood Watch One of the most effective and inexpensive ways to secure your home at the property line is to turn on the eyes and ears of your neighborhood. Community policing programs, like Neighborhood Watch, have shown great success in reducing property crime around the world.
Burglars know when they're being watched.
And they don't like it. Don't advertise Put away items like sports equipment, lawn mowers, portable grills and bicycles. If you leave your possessions outside, burglars may start wondering what you have inside. And arrange to have your yard maintained and your driveway shoveled. Put your interior and exterior lights on timers.