• Make sure to use your locks and lock your windows and doors. Install deadbolt locks on all your outside doors. Most burglars enter your home though your doors and windows, and many times there is nothing there to deter them.
• Eliminate any “secret” entrances to your home, such as unlocked windows and hidden keys, If you can break in, so can a burglar.
• Use bright outdoor lighting. A motion-sensitive light is ideal for fenced backyards.
• Take care of your yard and bushes, homes that look unattended may appear that no one is home.
• Invest in an alarm and post warning decals or yard signs. If you have an alarm system, use it!!!
• Get to know your neighbors, maybe create a neighborhood crime watch.
• Make sure to answer the door or tell the person to go away----- many time burglars will knock and then enter.
• Take pictures or videotape all of your valuables and store them in a safe deposit box. This will make the identification process much easier should a burglary occur. We can recommend a local service, if interested contact us.

• An estimated 4.3 million violent crimes, 15.6 million property crimes, and 133,000 personal thefts were committed against U.S. residents age 12 or older in 2009.

one murder every 24.9 hours
one forcible rape every 5 hours
one robbery every 83.7 minutes
one aggravated assault every 40.9 minutes

one burglary every 12.8 minutes
one larceny theft every 3.6 minutes
one motor vehicle theft every 24.9

• One person is murdered every 31 minutes.2
• One home is victimized by theft every 4.8 seconds
• One person is raped every 1.9 minutes.3
• One person is assaulted every 36.9 seconds.4 .5
• One home is burglarized every 18 seconds.6
• One person becomes a victim of identity theft every 4.9 seconds
• One hate crime is reported to the police every 69 minutes.