Unfortunately break-in’s thefts and burglaries are still a big problem in the UK with cities such as Nottingham and Derby showing an increase year on year – according to official crime statistics for these areas – of non violent crime which includes burglary and theft.
Due to the fact that many items nowadays are irreplaceable such as family photos on tablets and mobile phones, music play lists on ipods and mp3 players, files, games and software stored on computers and gaming consoles etc, peoples main focus is not to simply increase their insurance premiums but to increase their security instead so things don’t get stolen in the first place.
A good burglar alarm used to be the way to go but with 9 out of 10 people simply ignoring house alarms when they hear them going off they have become a pretty much useless addition to the home. Even the monitored alarms no longer offer good defence against the criminals as the monitoring service needs to first check with homeowners to make sure that it isn’t a false alarm before contacting the authorities who themselves can take an hour sometimes longer to arrive, at which time the burglar has gone and unfortunately so have your belongings and/or vehicle.
The answer of course is a remote monitoring CCTV system linked to your mobile phone that you can monitor yourself from anywhere in the world.
With a CCTV system you can visually see if there is a real intruder in your home and notify the police and neighbours yourself. When the homeowner telephones the police and reports an actual intruder in their home the response time comes down to about 7 minutes because this is classed as a crime in progress whereas a burglar alarm going off is classed as a follow up on a past crime which is why the response times are so different.
When CCTV for your home first became a thing the systems available where very expensive, required expert installation and were a luxury normally only enjoyed by the rich and well off, but nowadays it’s a different story and you can get some very good home CCTV systems for under £200 that you can even install yourself with very little expertise.
You can still employ the services of a professional CCTV installer, there are many around Nottingham and Derby such as MAB locksmiths and security and around the UK but for this list we’ll focus of the best DIY CCTV systems.
There has never been a better time to invest in a home CCTV system and with the current feature rich systems that allow remote viewing, monitoring and recording you can finally relax properly whether you are at home in bed or away on holiday secure in the fact that you are protected.
