Live in a 2 but take precautions like a 4 just because.

I occasionally forget to take the keys out of the truck and Mrs. PHPaul occasionally forgets to lock up (I retire around 9:00pm, she's rarely in bed before midnight) and nothing has ever happened.

Doesn't mean it can't tho and there ARE some sketchy people around. Thing is, we know who they are, and they know that we know and they know we're armed.

I'm a bit surprised at some of the answers so far. I can't imagine leaving doors or windows unlocked. We have and use AC all summer because its hot and humid here. Very occasionally I discover a door unlocked. My wife tries (I guess) but when she's cooking out on the deck, she has her hands full. We never open windows, no reason to. The alarm won't set if a window or door is open or ajar.

When we lived 2 houses away (farther than it sounds) we had a break in. Then about 8 years ago they got into my soft top jeep. Not a crime that takes a lot of skill. I've had knocks at the door after 11:00 PM, and I don't like them. Due to our location, some of it is understandable. But then I don't even like phone calls. We're getting on to the election season. There is a bitch (at best) running against our senator. She has a tormentor calling every damn day. I won't listen to a computer message, any one. I expect a big uptick in the number of political calls. All that will go unanswered.

There may be an up side of this. Criminals used to phone target residences to see if anyone is at home. Won't work when we never answer the phone. And I've found people knocking on doors really don't like it when you answer the door with a gun in hand. Some of them even call the cops. Easy answer for them, don't knock on random doors.

My wife feels its her responsibility to answer the phone and the front door. I can't break her of that. So I tell her if she's going to answer, step to one side. Because if they push their way inside, I'll be shooting.

#6. Why let your guard down? I suppose I watch too much of the I.D channel. I carry outside. Inside, my pistol is within arms length. I look before I answer the door with pistol in hand...usually behind my back.

Our town is safe but meth and heroin are here & the law does a great job of riding herd on the scumbags.

Voted 4 and agree with comments for 6 and 8. Overall pretty safe here but had a group of criminals breaking into and even stealing a couple cars in middle of the night. They were caught awhile back.

Call me a 5. I behave as 4 but my doors and windows are always locked (6).

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I voted no 4.

During day doors unlocked garage open.

Everything shut and locked at night.

Liv3 in quiet small town. Safe to walk around anytime of day/night.

I voted #6. I've been breached once before when I left the slider unlocked. When I heard a noise in the house (I was in the garage), there was a pistol within reach in 10 seconds. Cleared the house and noticed a car parked near my driveway. Went outside to investigate and got a plate #. The plate # was registered to a truck on the east coast of the state, about 50 miles away.

To this day, I always carry outside and have a pistol within easy reach in the house. Doors and windows are locked every night. Alarm system is armed.

Oh, a year ago, we had some drug activity about 200 yds. down the road. Place was busted twice so far! I pay attention to who goes up and down the street and who slows down around my house. I live in Manchester, NH!!

# 4 for me, rural area mostly agricultural but I do carry all the time. If you see me I have it.

You have a bunch of one type of thing. And one of another. Car content thefts occur ANYPLACE where there is an underlying drug problem. If you have drug users, you will have car content thieves.

The rest of the stuff, I live in a low probability area.

Voted a 4, but am cautious all the time. Being in S FL once the weather cools we do leave windows open but we do have 2 large (100lb) dogs. There are always a couple of loaded guns accessible when home. Being a local LEO I am aware of what really goes on out here so I always carry.

I'm too trusting even though of all of my experiences as a LEO. I leave my vehicle unlocked in my driveway, and I sometimes leave my expensive camera equipment in my car when I forget it.

I also sometimes leave my front door open, but I lock my metal screen/glass door during the night. It would take seconds to cut through the screen, reach in and then unlock it.

The Texas Hill Country is relatively quiet, but since it is growing so rapidly, it will have ALL of the urban problems just with a suburban/rural setting.

I know a dozen people here that don't lock their doors or windows,

Unless they will be gone ,overnight.

Of the 70 sheds or 80 detached garages, maybe a quarter of them get locked.

The kids don't have bike locks.

6 of the 12 cars at the gas station will have their cars running , doors unlocked, if the temp is below 25 degrees

What if I live in a nice safe area but still lock my doors and windows and have an AR under the bed? I grew up in lots of crap places and don't think I could ever just leave things open

I didn’t vote because none of the options really seemed to fit.

A couple of years ago, I was thinking of getting an alarm system. Before doing so, I asked the Sheriff’s Office how many break ins, burglaries, etc there’d been in my area.

They got back to me and said in the last three years there’d been one vehicle burglarized and one attempted home burglary.

I got a chuckle last year when the Sheriff’s Office sent around a flyer asking people to stop leaving their key fobs in their cars.

Talk about complacent! I took a pass on the alarm system, but still lock my doors and windows at night.

Currently live is a VERY safe area Lititz, Pa. Lancaster. Beautiful town almost zero crime rate. I was born and raised in the Bronx where crime rate was terrible. While in the Bronx I had 7 cars stolen, 1 stolen recovered that was a total loss. All Honda / Acura and one 6 month old Nissan Maxima. Countless vehicle's broken into ie: HID headlights, radios, leather interiors 3 or 4 times and airbags. Never burglarized at home, was robbed 2 times at gunpoint one just wanted my watch, bracelet and wallet. Second ass clown came up on me just as I was exiting my car with revolver in hand I watched it unfold I drew and asshole saw my gun and couldn't run away fast enough. He was arrested a few weeks later for the same except the driver of that car 2 shots, 2 hits. Now my life is boring ........ I miss the action. ( not really ). Pickle Rick

Our city is rated in the top 100 safest in the U.S. Not sure what that really means, but it sounds pretty good.

We always keep the doors locked but occasionally have the second story windows open.

I always carry, inside or out, but that's just me.

I am in one of the safest cities in Florida - Winter Park.

I am also paranoid... captured a young black man in my house some years ago and I still have a touch of PTSD.

Doors and windows locked, alarm system with motion detection and video, bedroom doors dead bolted and appropriate defense weapons at strategic areas to prevent intrusion.

Raised the condition to Red when a demonstration was scheduled only a block or so from the house... nine rounds of double-ought buck in a semiauto race gun and five in a pump.

Happy to report the local, extremely competent WPPD managed the situation without incident.

As a child growing up in rural Texas in the ‘40s and ‘50s, no one locked doors, every pick up had a shotgun and/or rifle in a rack over the rear window and none was ever stolen. A simpler, happier time.

I chose 4, but if being cautious wasn’t my nature I would be comfortable not locking my doors where I live.

I rate my neighborhood - approaching 11 years - as low to moderate risk. But I still lock up everything. Around 5-ish years ago I did get my car opened up and rifled through ... when I didn't lock it. But I don't leave valuables in my car overnight, so there was nothing to take. That is the only thing remotely resembling trouble - other than the occasional douchebags with loud car or motorcycle exhaust - that I have had.

I live a t a private lake way out in the country. Most of the houses are nice but very affordable. My log home is surrounded by trees and you can hardly see the house from the road. There are two other homes on the Cul-de-sac and I am very close with my neighbors and we look out for each other. The whole community is very tight and you would have to know the area to even find the place.