They are likely to be living within the village or the nearby areas where they know more about the residents and have an easy access to their next victims.
Here are the indicators that the burglars is looking for the next house victim :
A burglar carefully plans his moves by studying his next target who often seen in disguise. The next target of a burglar is a house where seems unoccupied especially without guarding dogs inside. Burglaries usually happens during the week where most members of the occupants are out working, and most especially during the holiday season where families go on vacation.
Sixty four percent of the burglars breaks-in by force at the back or side of the house where there is left window open and unsecured doors.
Burglars do not want to stay on the crime place so they are fast with more or less ten minutes breaking-in and getting the properties they want.
A house with a flat roof which is an easy access to a second floor.
A tree close to a house is an access to upstairs and can be a hiding area of a burglar before breaking-in the house.
Careless placement of tools in the backyard such as ladder and other tools in the garage can be used by the burglar in breaking-in.
Doors with unsecured locks and built window glasses which is too near the door knobs can be easily reached by burglars.
Gates with ornate steel designs offers footholds to the burglars.
While away from home, there are post notes for deliveries to comeback indicating that the house is unoccupied, a full mailbox indicates no one gets the mail promptly.
Professional burglars are skilled people who can outdo a standard house alarm system. Awareness how the burglars think and act gives an idea of the next step of home security which is acting upon the preventive measures. Precautionary awareness of all the members of the family, take home minor renovations, and installing electronic devices.
