[header] How to protect your home from halloween pranks and vandalism [title] Treat visitors kindly. [step] The biggest reason that people tend to attack your home on halloween is that you might be avoiding giving them candy. If you show yourself to be a welcoming neighbor, you might not get vandalized. 
[title] Turn off the main lights, shut the curtains so that it looks like you aren't there, if you decide to ignore trick-or-treaters. [step] If they don't think you are home, people probably won't attack your house for not " treating " them.