Bugging out??

[Scythe13]

i've seen lots of houses on council estates that look like they've been trashed already

Those are the ones we call scrote-occupied haha.

I'm in slight agreement with PrepGirl, but I think what SD said is right as well. It will reduce your chances. If people are seriously looking for food, a totally mashed up home is likely to be left. But if it only looks a little screwed up, they're going to double check. To get a home looking totally done over, you'd need to start stocking up on charcoal to blacken out most of the brickwork on the outside. But I still don't think you'll be safe.