Crime prevention tends to obey the laws of economics. A basic law is this: when the price of something falls, more is demanded. . . .
This also means that when the price increases, demand falls off.
The key to protecting your house from burglars is to increase the price of breaking in, especially relative to other houses.
There are a handful of easy things you can do to raise the cost of burglary. The following infographic contains facts, such as the time of day most break-ins occur:
http://www.supercircuits.com/resources/blog/burglary-by-the-numbers-infographic
The second infographic contains prevention tips:
http://www.protectyourhome.com/how-to-prevent-burglary
The more you implement, the higher the price becomes.