How to ‘Crimprove’ Your Home

Once again, this Secure September, we’ve joined forces with our crime prevention partner Crimsafe, to encourage all Australian households to ‘Crimprove’ your home – making your home and community safe.

Check your Score

Secure Score is a free, online home security audit tool designed to promote safer and more secure communities by empowering homeowners to make their homes more secure. A home’s Secure Score is determined by assessing the security measures from the street level, within the yard and inside the home. Each security feature, such as a spotlight, security camera or security screen, is assigned a value that makes up a home’s Secure Score – a score out of 100.

Find out your Secure Score now – https://securescore.crimsafe.com.au/

Here are some ways you can do some Home Crimprovement at your place:

• Move your wheelie bins to a secure location, not against the house. Intruders often climb onto bins to help enter windows or get over fences
• Lock your gates – both front and back with a solid padlock
• Lock your garden shed and garage – don’t let your tools be one of the tools a crim uses to break into your home
• Trim trees so crim’s have nowhere to hide
• Install security screens to protect from unwanted intruders
• Install cameras to deter criminals and monitor your home
• Fixed sliding doors can reduce the risk of a break-in
• Adding sensor lights can light up dark areas at night and deter intruders from entering your home
• Get to know your neighbour – have a trusted neighbour keep an eye on your property for suspicious activity, whether you’re home or away.
• Join your local Neighbourhood Watch group and display the Neighbourhood Watch sign prominently so burglars know that someone is likely to be keeping an eye on your home. You can find your local group here.

From the team at Neighbourhood Watch Australasia and Crimsafe – stay safe and secure this Secure September!