7 Home Security Tips to Keep Your New House Safe From Crime

With all the excitement of moving, it’s easy to lose focus on securing your new home.

However, even the safest neighborhood experiences occasional crime. In fact, according to Safewise, a robbery happens every 15 seconds somewhere in America. What’s worse is the fact that 73 percent of these burglaries occur in residential areas. Yikes. With this mind, I recommend making home security a top priority when moving to a new home. From installing an alarm system to pruning your hedges, here are 7 home security tips for improving the safety of your new house.

Change the locks

Install an alarm

Put lights and TVs on timers

Install a video doorbell

Hide your mail when away

Install motion detector lighting

Landscape your yard

How safe is your neighborhood?

If you’re looking for comprehensive safety information on your new neighborhood, check out Moving.com’s City Profile Reports. We know that safety and security are top concerns when moving to a new city, which is why Moving.com provides a free tool to help you with researching each aspect of a new city. In addition to crime reports, our City Profile’s will provide information on the quality of the schools in the area, a cost of living estimate, city statistics, residential data and more.

Moving.com’s City Profile Reports are updated annually, and provide data from various sources, including: U.S. Census Bureau estimates and projections (which include the latest monthly estimates for city-level populations); Bureau of Labor employment data by industry and occupation; Internal Revenue Service statistics on tax filers and year-to-year migration; Federal Bureau of Investigation, local police departments and municipalities for crime information. Good luck and stay safe!