Always let my neighbours know when/how long we're going to be away.
Living in a dead-end street, with 7 houses on it - pretty good security.
Plus we all have contact numbers for each other's cellphones, so any 'suspicious activity', is checked out immediately.
At least 3-4 of us are always home, so - for me - best, cheapest security of all.
Have only phoned a neighbour once - turned out it was his son borrowing his trailer - which he'd forgotten to let us all know about.
Most theft is opportunistic, so if it looks 'too hard', they'll leave if be.
Have only had one suspicious looking vehicle in the street, when I walked out of the back shed and took a photo, it disappeared very quickly (smoking tyres to boot).
Never had any similar incidents since - word gets around the 'break in' crews.
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