Nightjar wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Nightjar wrote
harry wrote

Just put up a fake alarm enclosure/fake TV camera.
You can get them quite cheap with a few LEDS powered by a mini solar
panel.

But don't expect any serious thief to be fooled by them.

But how many of them are serious thieves with domestic houses ?

Most of them are druggys paying for their drug habits.

Possibly true in urban areas,

Absolutely certainly true in urban areas and that's where most
of those discussing house insurance and alarms are too.

but in rural and semi-rural areas the main risk is from professional
thieves, who are prepared to travel great distances to find rich pickings.

Bet that claim isnt supported by the stats. There are
plenty of druggys in rural and semi rural areas too.

And plenty of houses in rural and semi rural areas which are no
richer pickings than in urban areas either. In fact the houses where
there average working class or middle class person lives in rural or
semi rural areas is a bit lower income wise than in urban areas if
only because more of them are likely to be retired etc.

When ADT took over another company, there was a spate of thefts from
properties that had not had the enclosure updated. The thieves kept
abreast of all the latest developments and they knew that anybody with
the older enclosure was not on a contract and would not be remotely
monitored. They were not worried about a simple alarm, knowing that
they usually get ignored.

That's not a common situation tho, the company takeover allowing that.

That is simply an illustration of how well clued up professional thieves
are.

But that sort of situation doesn't happen that much, so that isnt
a lot of use to the pros because it only happens occasionally.

It will apply equally well to fitting fake alarms.

Not if it's a DIY.