1. You are protected by iron bars on the windows
Security experts will tell you that bars on ground-floor windows give the illusion of security. The are easily and quickly removed using a variety of implements,including crowbar, car jack, pickax (stick one end of blade between bar and windowsill and pull pack on handle like you do with a hammer when pulling out a nail) and any steel bar that can be used as a lever.
Bars much better protection on upper floors because to get the leverage necessary to pop off the bars will probably result in the thief falling off the ladder.
2. You are safe if your apartment is on the second floor
Robberies committed in second floor apartments by thieves going through the sliding doors from the balcony are common. Thieves like this means of entrance because people living on the second floor think a thief can't get to them, so tend to leave the sliding doors open, whether home or not, for ventilation.
Security experts will tell you that bars on ground-floor windows give the illusion of security. The are easily and quickly removed using a variety of implements,including crowbar, car jack, pickax (stick one end of blade between bar and windowsill and pull pack on handle like you do with a hammer when pulling out a nail) and any steel bar that can be used as a lever.
Bars much better protection on upper floors because to get the leverage necessary to pop off the bars will probably result in the thief falling off the ladder.
2. You are safe if your apartment is on the second floor
Robberies committed in second floor apartments by thieves going through the sliding doors from the balcony are common. Thieves like this means of entrance because people living on the second floor think a thief can't get to them, so tend to leave the sliding doors open, whether home or not, for ventilation.