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Home Break-in Risk Assessment

Answer 6 quick questions to see your burglary risk — and how to lower it.

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What's your home's break-in risk?

Most burglaries are opportunistic: intruders look for easy targets with poor visibility, weak locks, no cameras, and predictable empty hours. This free break-in risk assessment scores your home's burglary risk out of 100 based on six proven factors — door security, camera coverage, exterior lighting, alarm monitoring, how predictable your empty hours are, and whether valuables are visible from the street. The higher your score, the more attractive and accessible your home looks to a would-be burglar.

The good news is that risk is very reducible, often cheaply. Visible cameras and motion-activated lighting are powerful deterrents because they remove the two things burglars rely on: anonymity and darkness. Reinforced locks and a monitored alarm raise the effort and the odds of getting caught. After you get your score, the tool highlights the highest-impact fixes for your specific answers. Everything runs privately in your browser — your answers are never stored or sent anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

How is the break-in risk score calculated?
Each answer carries a risk weight based on how much that factor influences burglary likelihood. We total your weights and scale them to a 0–100 score, then surface the highest-impact fixes for your weakest areas.
What's the single best way to deter a burglar?
Layered, visible deterrence: cameras at entry points plus motion-activated lighting. Together they remove the anonymity and darkness opportunistic burglars depend on.
Do my answers get saved anywhere?
No. The assessment runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you answer is stored, logged, or transmitted.
Does a monitored alarm really lower risk?
Yes. A monitored system means someone dispatches help when an alarm trips even if you're away or asleep, which both deters intruders and shortens response time.

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