If upon returning home you realize that the front door or another access point to your home has been forced, you must immediately call the Police and wait for their arrival before entering your home.
If the home burglar alarm goes off, you should not enter the house because there may be someone still inside and entering would mean blocking their only way out.
The best thing to do is wait for the police by positioning yourself in a spot where you can keep an eye on the house without being seen.
This way, if there's still a thief inside your home, you can see him and describe him to the officers, trying to memorize as many details as possible: his facial features, physical build, clothing, the model and license plate of the car he might drive away in, perhaps even taking a photo with your cell phone without being seen. All these details will be useful to the investigation, especially if the thief is already known to law enforcement.
It's very important not to touch anything to avoid contaminating the burglary scene. The police will take fingerprints, especially on drawer knobs, cabinet doors, and door handles, if the thieves are already registered.
Another thing to do immediately is to compile a detailed list of all the valuables and non-valuables stolen from you to hand over to the police. In most cases, thieves try to get rid of their stolen goods as quickly as possible, handing them over to fences who then resell them, even online. Making an updated list of valuables in your home, along with the relevant documents certifying their authenticity, is essential to providing officers with all the information they need to recover them.
When the police arrive, after confirming the theft, they will ask you questions to better understand the circumstances of the theft and will draw up a report listing the stolen items and all the information you provided. It's good practice to reread it and verify its accuracy before signing it and obtaining a copy, as this will be the official document of the break-in. If the stolen items include IDs, debit cards, credit cards, checkbooks, and cell phones, you must notify the appropriate authorities and have them blocked.
Once you've completed this paperwork, you'll need to repair the damage and restore the home's safety .
Finally, you should notify your neighbors of the theft so as to alert them to the danger and agree on common defense measures for the exterior.
Taking preventative action is the best way to reduce the chances of burglars gaining access to your home. First, you should consider securing the critical access points to your home.
Prevention must start from the outside of the house, illuminating dark areas near access points: gutters, balconies, ground-floor windows. You might consider installing photocells that activate in front of the garden door or gate. The fact remains that darkness is a burglar's best friend.
If you have a garden with trees, it's important that they don't act as a barrier to entry from balconies and windows. Outdoor electricity meters shouldn't be accessible to anyone, as thieves can cut the power lines and disable the alarm.
After securing the exterior, you need to strengthen the entrances to the home, starting with armoring the front door , which should always be locked even when you're inside.
Thieves can open unlocked security doors with just a credit card or loyalty card. Avoid hiding spare keys outside your home, and never under the doormat!
Installing bars on balconies and windows , lowering shutters and equipping them with anti-lifting locks are essential measures even when you go out for a short time.
It's important not to leave your keys in your parked car. Stealing the keys from your car, along with documents that include your address, is a breeze.
When leaving your house unattended for a long time, seek the cooperation of your neighbors, ask them to empty the mailbox and leave them a set of keys in case they need to intervene in an emergency.
Burglars should never have the feeling that your home is being left unattended for long periods of time, so in addition to neighbors breaking in, if you have the option, set a timer on your radio or TV so that the devices turn on throughout the day.
Don't share your whereabouts in real time on social media. It may seem silly, but it wouldn't be the first time we've unwittingly given away information to thieves without realizing it. Always keep an updated list of valuables in your home. It will help speed up investigations in the unfortunate event of a theft.
Even the profession of burglar has undergone a kind of specialization in recent years. Over the years, burglars have learned new techniques that have allowed them to enter homes more and more easily. Therefore, conducting a preventive analysis of the home's critical areas is the first step in rationalizing the security systems to be installed.
To protect access from windows, grilles remain the best solution. Windowo offers the Blindy window grille , Compact and sturdy, its main feature is that it can be installed on any window because it can be adjusted in width. It has a forged stud on the post, a black cataphoresis anti-rust finish, and impenetrable burglar-proof screws. Please note that the grates must not be used as a handhold to climb to upper floors.
A security door is definitely a good choice, but be careful about the type of door and key. Security doors can be dismantled from the outside. To prevent thieves from gaining entry from above, it's a good idea to install barriers, which are also excellent for balconies, and gutter deterrents.
To prevent entry from balconies, terraces and balconies, Windowo offers a Rainbow Grimpo anti-intrusion barrier. Made of metal. Very easy to mount on a wall or metal structure and treated with epoxy paint, making it weatherproof.
Furthermore, among Windowo's online security systems, you can also find the Grimpo spiked barrier, excellent for cornices and perimeter walls but also suitable for balconies. This barrier is the perfect barrier against burglaries by climbing, when thieves attempt to enter your home by climbing. It's a modular barrier to cover any size, is made of steel, and is also epoxy-coated.
If you have valuable items at home, such as paintings, silverware, porcelain, and jewelry, you should equip your home with a safe. Windowo offers many wall-mounted, freestanding, and floor-standing safes for sale online, in various sizes, lock types, and prices.
In addition to all these so-called passive protections, you should install an alarm system that is perhaps also connected to a security company.
There are also affordable solutions to prevent burglars from entering your home . You don't necessarily have to spend a lot of money to get protection from unpleasant intrusions. The market offers solutions that can help you live peacefully without spending a lot.
Before entering a home, burglars usually lie in wait, study the habits of family members, and look for critical issues in the apartment so they can plan their attack.
Your goal should be to prevent their plans by strengthening and securing your home's access points. The first step is to install a good security system, and the market offers affordable solutions.
Among these are peripheral alarm systems that also protect the exterior of the home and burglar bars for securing doors and windows, which are very useful for preventing burglaries. Windowo offers two solutions for this purpose.
The first solution is the Blindy burglar-proof bar for securing doors and windows. One of its key features is its extendability, allowing it to be installed on non-standard doors and windows. It's also suitable for double-leaf windows, which are typically the weakest.
The Blindy burglar-proof bar is a bar that can be inserted and removed extremely easily whenever you want and is particularly effective against burglary in the central part of shutters, blinds and French windows.
The Blindy barrier is available in three sizes, all extendable: from 50 cm to 80 cm; from 70 cm to 120 cm; from 100 cm to 180 cm.
The second solution offered by Windowo is the Giroblok telescopic burglar bar, ideal for shutters and blinds. Giroblok consists of a telescopic steel tube inserted into metal brackets, which are mounted on the shutters or blinds and extended to the wall with two support plates.
Also extendable, the Giroblok barrier is on sale in three sizes, from 550 to 800 mm, from 750 to 1200 mm and from 1050 to 1800 mm, in 2 colours: a glossy green RAL 6005 and a semi-gloss black RAL 9005 and comes with a safety key.
Finally, to prevent burglars from climbing into your home through pipes and gutters, Windowo offers Grimpo bollards , which are installed on external pipes such as downspouts and gas pipes. Installation is very simple because the bollard collar is attached to the pipe with two screws, and its spikes act as a deterrent to burglars climbing up the pipe.
The Grimpo deterrent , available in various diameters, 33, 48, 60, 80, 100 and 120 mm, and in models with and without spikes, It is made of steel and treated with epoxy paint, making it weather-resistant; using it eliminates the risk of puncturing the drainpipes and causing water infiltration.
You can use it not only on pipes but also to protect balconies, windows and terraces and, if you have burglar alarms or external cameras, you can use the Grimpo deterrent for those too.
Grimpo's latest deterrent is the Grimpo K , which can be installed on both round and square downspouts and gutters. It features two distinctive features: it's yellow, making it highly visible from afar and at night to deter thieves, and it has vertical anti-intrusion bars with steel tips that prevent intruders from grasping the pipe. Installed near balconies and windows, the Grimpo K is 740 mm tall and available in round versions with diameters of 33, 48, 60, 80, 100, and 120 mm, and in square versions with diameters of 80, 100, and 120 mm, making it adaptable to any situation.
In short, let's say that if thieves have become more specialized, security systems have also come a long way, going well beyond the armored door and the alarm and making security available to all budgets.
I'm Elia Caneppele, author of this article and founder of Windowo, the Italian shop specialising in the online sale of products for windows. My speciality is doing SEO for ecommerce, which, in simple terms, means getting people to find us on the Internet.
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