How to protect your home from burglars

Is your home at risk of burglary? Here’s how to make it less appealing to thieves

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How secure is your house? Most of us like to think our belongings are safe and go to some steps to secure our properties but burglars are still making a living from pilfering other people's belongings. So, how can you make sure they don't go for your home?

If you want your house to be truly safe from burglars your best bet would be to move to Scotland. Data from Moneysupermarket.com has found that people living in Dumfries and Lochee make the fewest insurance claims for burglary. Felixstowe in Suffolk and Bangor in Wales are also low on the burglary hit list.

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