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Keep
doors and windows closed and locked if you are not in the room.
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Keep
your private life private. Unless you close the curtains and
blinds anyone outside can see what you are doing and what
property is in the room. They can see in, but you can see almost
nothing outside.
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If you
will not be in until after dark, try asking a friend or
neighbour to close your curtains and turn on the lights.
Use timer switches to turn on lights, radios or televisions to
make the house seem occupied.
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Fit
some form of outside lighting, particularly to cover the front
door, which allows you to see the caller before you open
the door. A door viewer, or peep-hole, can be fitted if there is
no suitable window.
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Lights
can create a safe corridor for you from the road or footpath
to your front door or from your door to the garage or
shed. External lights fitted with passive infrared sensors
(which will turn on the light when someone moves within the
area) or with dusk to dawn sensors (which automatically turn the
light on when it starts to get dark and off in daylight), will
illuminate your property and reduce the safe area for the
burglar.
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By
their very nature, garden sheds can be difficult to totally
secure. Fit good locks, bolts and hinges. Any items
stored in the shed should be connected to each other using a
steel cable, a chain or anything which makes taking just one
item very difficult. Old net curtains can be fitted to windows
to obstruct anyone trying to look into the shed.
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Ensure
garages with an internal door to your property are kept
locked.
May 2009 -
Peterborough UK Community Website
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