Categories

You’ve heard target hardening brought up as a way to prevent burglaries, but you might be thinking about how it’s applicable to your own Youngstown home. Read more about this crime-reduction approach and find out how the home security leaders at ADT can help you put it in place. 

Understanding Target Hardening

A popular theory in criminology rooted in the 1970s, target hardening makes the case that criminal actions will abate when opportunities to commit crime are reduced. In other words, if a target feels like too high of a risk, potential thieves will simply move on. Target hardening involves making your property less appealing to prowlers by using clear, layered home security tools.

Making Your Youngstown Home Less Of A Target

Prowlers, like other people, will choose the road with the lowest risk. Your challenge is to give them pause about setting foot on your property. But how do you achieve this? Abide by these tips:

Observable Deterrents Are The First Layer Of Protection

Video cameras and home security signage let prowlers know you have protection in place. Surveillance is among the most effective deterrents, as no intruder wants to be caught in the act. ADT has state-of-the-art outdoor and doorbell cameras with night vision, AI-powered smart detection, and HD imaging.

Light Up Your Property

A properly illuminated house is much less appealing to potential thieves. Illuminate dark corners along your home’s perimeter, and install accent lights near your fence, tree lines, hedges, and other places where trespass might lurk. You can even have indoor lights switch on automatically if a camera discovers suspicious activity outside.

Get Comprehensive Protection

You need a comprehensive plan, which means supplementing your surveillance and yard displays with entry-point sensors, motion detectors, and a functioning alarm. ADT can help secure every access point, including the garage.

Address Physical Security Measures

Ensure that all window locks work, and always use a deadbolt lock on the primary entrance. Consider reinforcing the door frames, and use a metal bar in the bottom track of your sliding door to stop intruders if the lock is bypassed.

Maintain An Unobstructed View

Overgrown bushes, trees, and hedges are friends to strangers who wish to stay out of view. Make sure you can easily see all levels of your property by pruning greenery near windows. A tidy, well-maintained landscape informs prospective thieves that they should stay away.

Why Secure Your Youngstown Home With ADT?

Protecting American families for over a century and a half, ADT is the leading name in home security. Recognized for round-the-clock service and quick response times from dedicated professionals, ADT has the most monitoring facilities of any home security provider. You’ll value the peace of mind and the modern components like Google Nest video cameras. 

Secure Your Youngstown Home With Secure24 Alarm Systems

Ready to make your home less of a target? Upgrade to a whole-home ADT security system from Secure24 Alarm Systems. As your trusted ADT dealer, we install top-notch equipment from the top name in home security. Discover how we can bolster your security by calling (330) 355-9086 or filling out our form today.