10 Cheap Window Tricks That Make Burglars Skip Your House at Night

The lamp is on. The blinds are open. You glance at the window and see your own reflection in black glass. Now stand on the sidewalk. From out there, that window is a lit screen. One person. Purse on the counter. Which room goes dark last. You think the glass hides you. At night, it advertises you. Ten cheap fixes change that tonight — and one thing people do to feel safer can trap them inside their own bedroom. FBI numbers show more home burglaries happen during the day than at night. After dark, your windows aren't mostly guarding your television. They're guarding you, while you sleep. In this video, you'll learn: Why the decorative rocks under your bedroom window are a tool you arranged and left out for the wrong person The Seattle PD three-six rule for shrubs — and the prickly plants the King County Sheriff's Office recommends under ground-level windows What 83 percent of convicted burglars in the UNC Charlotte study said about alarms — and the $25 fix that covers four windows Why a window open four inches and no further changes the math completely, and how a wooden dowel handles the math for sliding windows The NFPA warning about bedroom security bars that nobody puts in the brochure — and what "quick-release" actually means The number one fix on the entire list, and why it costs nothing but one two-minute conversation None of this requires a monitoring contract. Most of it costs less than dinner. All of it makes your house slower, louder, and more visible than the one next door. Do three things tonight: close the blinds when the lamps come on, walk the ground floor and touch every latch instead of looking at it, and lay a broomstick in the sliding door track before you go to bed. Like this if it made you look up from your screen and check a window. Subscribe — there's a video on your front door coming next, and you'll want to watch it the same way. Send this to someone who sleeps with a window cracked. Which number was already in your house? Tell me in the comments. #WindowSecurity #HomeSecurity #SafetyTipsForWomen #BurglarPrevention #LivingAlone