How to prevent your home getting broken into!

Help STOP House Break-Ins 

A large number of break and enter crimes are easily preventable. By introducing a number of simple and inexpensive changes to your home, you can play an active role in reducing the chances of this happening to you. By securing your home you significantly lower the risk of you and your family becoming victims of crime. Burglary can have a serious impact on families and individuals in a number of different ways.

• Display street number at the front of the house to assist emergency services to locate your home;
• Ensure all perimeter fences are in good order and that gates are kept closed and locked to restrict unauthorised access to your property;
• Trim trees and shrubs from around doors and windows so as not to provide concealment to intruders and increase visibility to and from the street;
• Install quality security lights around the perimeter of your home to provide more effective illumination at night;
• The power board to your home should be housed within a metal cabinet secured with an electricity authority lock to restrict tampering;
• All perimeter doors to your home should be of solid construction and fitted with quality dead lock sets to restrict unauthorised access to the home;
• All perimeter windows should be secured with key operated locks to restrict unauthorised access;
• Glass within doors and windows should be reinforced by either adhering a shatter resistant film, replacing with laminated glass or having quality metal security grilles or shutters fitted to restrict unauthorised access;
• Record descriptions, models and serial numbers of all your valuables to assist in easy identification should they be reported lost or stolen;
• Engrave your driver’s licence number prefixed by the initials “NSW” on all items of value again to assist in easy identification;
• Photograph jewellery and other collectables for easy identification.
• Consider having a monitored intruder alarm system installed. Obtain at least three quotes from licensed security companies;
• Garages should be locked to restrict access. Roller tilt and panel lift doors can be secured with additional lock sets in the form of hasp and staple or padlocks;
• Garden sheds should be securely anchored to the ground to prevent lifting. A suitable lock set should also be fitted;
• Garden tools, equipment and ladders should be locked away when not in use to prevent them being used to gain access to your home.

info sourced from NSW Police Force

Hunter burglary rate rises

A WORRYING return to higher rates of burglaries across the Hunter has prompted the state's top crime statistician to warn that the issue "needs to be jumped on pretty quickly".

Crime statistics unveiled Wednesday revealed there were 656 more break and enters across the region in the year to March compared to the same period to March 2012.

Port Stephens local government area rocketed to 19th in the state for burglaries after recording 211 more than the 444 break and enters committed in the two years to March, 2012.

It surged past the 558 through to March 2011 or the 615 recorded in the year to March, 2010.

"There is no seasonal reason for that and considering the Hunter is already 30 per cent above the state rate, it is a problem that needs to be jumped on pretty quickly," NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Dr Don Weatherburn said.

"But other than that, the rest of the figures for the Hunter are not too bad - I have certainly seen far worse."

Gloucester was the only local government area to record a decrease in home burglaries compared to the year before, although it appears many areas were returning to the high crime rates of the past.
Newcastle topped the region with 1357 burglaries , up from 1280 in the year to March 2012.

Lake Macquarie has continued to grow from 829 to 964 last year and 1153 in the past 12 months.
Maitland recorded 444 compared to 354 the year previous.

Dr Weatherburn warned a 17.9 per cent increase in domestic assaults across the Hunter was because of seasonal impacts and did not necessarily point to a larger problem "even though domestic violence continues to be a major issue".

Newcastle local government area experienced a 20 per cent increase in domestic assaults and a 36.5 per cent rise in reports of indecent assault, from 156 to 213.

Call Centron Security on 1300 722 969 today to get a free quote on a security system for your home.

info sourced from The Herald

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