Installing an alarm at home, is it really effective against burglaries?

by time news

2023-06-03 13:17:21

LE + ECO – At a time when millions of French people are preparing to leave their homes empty to go on vacation, the temptation is great to resort to this reassuring device. But is it really useful? And how to choose the right model? Le Figaro investigated.

With the approach of the summer holidays, anxiety rises. While 211,400 burglaries or attempts were recorded in France in 2022 (excluding Mayotte), leaving your home empty for one or more weeks is obviously not without risk. One solution may seem obvious: have an alarm installed. It is difficult to ignore the aggressive marketing of specialized companies, based on canvassing and multiple advertisements. They put forward seemingly unstoppable arguments on the protection that their devices would provide against burglaries. Should we believe them? How can you best protect your home? Le Figaro conducted the investigation.

To get to the bottom of it, we first dug into the…

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