Burglary Protection: Planning Outdoor Lighting with Sensors

A thief does not come a second time. Maybe by chance 3 years later...

I know you have more background knowledge there than I do. But I have had different experiences with our break-ins here over the years; it was always the same ones who emptied the houses over weeks, and they did come back, again and again. It turned out when they were caught by chance and stolen goods from several neighbors who had been robbed over those weeks showed up. I just want to say there is no typical thief, and some do come back.

I know you have more background knowledge than I do. But I have had different experiences with our break-ins here over the years; it was always the same ones who then emptied the houses over weeks and they just kept coming back, again and again.

Then they were really stupid... because when the old family gold jewelry has been taken out, there is none left anymore.

But there was more than one house on the street and you can't clear them all out in one day. It should be clear that they aren't always in the same houses, right?

So they just go through the same streets day after day. And (I think) it's relatively easy to find out where someone lives and where they are on vacation.

Possibly exactly according to the principle you describe. They let them out at the front and pick them up again at the back. Only today it's numbers 10, 12 and 15, and tomorrow then 9, 25, and 18. You can observe that at number 13 the same shoes and tools are always on the terrace.

So why not try number 13 on the third day?

Possibly exactly according to the principle you describe. They let some out at the front and pick them up again at the back. Only today it’s numbers 10, 12, and 15, and tomorrow then 9, 25, and 18.

Yes, it’s roughly like that.

You can observe that with number 13 the same shoes and the tools are always lying on the terrace.

I think that’s overrated. (it’s similar to how many think that all neighbors always look through the same window and you are being watched)

But whatever. Everyone should do it the way they think.

Some build a kind of fortress at home while their WiFi is wide open, they scatter their bank details, or leave their bag in the car. Passwords are also interesting – I don’t know anyone who uses a different one everywhere and/or changes it every 3 months. I don’t do it either. And you can get much more with the data than in the house.

Yes sure, by now everything is no longer just double-edged... with all the possibilities, the sword nowadays has a bunch of edges... But with one's own home, fear often comes into play (after a break-in) and the feeling of no longer being safe at home. In the past, everything was simpler, whoever wants to say so...