Whether the crime statistics for your Chicago, Illinois neighborhood are good or bad, an intrusion or fire can permanently shatter you and your family's feeling of security forever. According to FBI statistics, an American home is burglarized once every 15 seconds. The good thing is, burglary is probably the most preventable of all crimes, enabling your Chicago, Illinois home and family the safety they deserve. Many convicted burglars admit that if a residence is protected by a home security system, they will choose a much easier target.
No thief wants to get caught. So the average burglar will look for a Chicago home that promises the best payoff for the least amount of time and trouble. In the best possible worlds of crime, he looks for a sitting duck.
A professional thief, one who relies on robbery as his main source of income, may spend more time canvasing a Illinois neighborhood, sizing up potential targets, estimating risks, and watching the daily living habits of the family whose house he thinks will be most profitable. He will have more sophisticated tools, and he knows what he's doing because he has years of experience behind him. He's less scared, less nervous than the youthful amateur, but like him, he wants to avoid confrontation. He wants an easy and safe job. An ADT monitored alarm system is a great way to deter him.
Another type of thief is the drug addict who operates more spontaneously than the professional thief. Desperate for the money to maintain his constant drug habit, he's willing to take chances that the others won't. He's also more dangerous when confronted so beware Chicago residents.
A thief wants to answer basic questions early in his plotting: What does this Chicago house contain that's worth stealing? Where do they kept valuables? When is the best time to break in and steal it? In other words, if it's your Illinois home he's considering, he wants to know what you've got that's valuable, where you keep it, and when it will be the most vulnerable.
Many Illinois residents innocently assume that they have nothing worth stealing, so even if someone did break in, there would be nothing for him to take. But the black market is enormous, and even the most modest Chicago, Illinois home has the appliances and electronic equipment that a thief can dispose of rapidly. Even should there be nothing worth taking, a frustrated Chicago thief can vent his rage by vandalizing your furniture and clothing out of spite for having wasted his time on the wrong house. The destruction may not amount to much in dollars lost, but it may take a considerable toll in your memories and your sentiments that are attached to what is lost.