Lower your security costs by compromising on some of the expensive things you need to buy. Mix a dummy security camera or two among real security camera models. The former is less expensive but can still serve to be an effective visual deterrent to thieves.

The advantage of this is that in case thugs were somehow able to find out that your dummy camera is fake, they might assume that all cameras you installed are too. Thus, they are more likely to get caught on the actual cameras when they do make a criminal move. And it will be easier for you to have proof when you report and identify them to the police.