It really is important to give some thought as to what a potential thief would want to steal most from your home. By knowing this it may allow you to take some extra steps to protect these items.

You may have a good security system in place and figure that is all you need to do to protect yourself from loss of things that are valuable or precious to you. It may not be enough however, if its activation has not been enough to deter the break in criminal from entering your premises. Yes, they certainly are taking a chance that they could be caught as your alarm company will have alerted the proper authorities. The thief may decide to make his unscrupulous actions a little quicker to offset this risk he is taking. That doesn’t mean that he still can’t grab some of the items that are truly important to you.

Take a look at the small but significant items that you feel would be costly or difficult to replace. Don’t forget that you have to think about identity theft and personal documents like your social insurance card, passport and birth certificates are highly important personal documents that you do not want ending up in the wrong hands. You can add further protection of these by purchasing a good quality safe that is designed as a anti theft device and does not just offer protection against perils such as fire and flood. If you keep a written account of your passwords for your computer or your security system keeping them secure in a safe is a good idea.

If you have larger items that could be dangerous if they were to end up in the wrong hands like firearms for example, then these too should be stored according to the law and kept under additional protection.

Don’t exclude those personal items that may not seem like they would have much value for a thief but are precious to you. You may have a piece of costume jewelery that has no monetary value but it was handed down to you from a family member that is no longer with your. Crooks are often not choosy as to what they can grab quickly and if they figure they can get a few bucks for an item like this it takes no time at all for them to slip it into their pocket on their way out.

We have talked about other items of interest to a crook and this information may also give you some greater insight as to just what a thief might be interested in when in your personal space.