In order to get a real understanding of how burglars work I have decided to do some research in to this topic. Hopefully getting an insight of how burglaries happen and what is most commonly stolen.
The first stat I went looking for is how many burglaries take place in the UK and Wales, to my horror I found out that a staggering 35000-40000 happen every single month, making that a total of 480,000 burglaries a year which works out at one every 54 seconds, that's more than one every minute! This number is also on the rise, between October and November 2014 burglaries had increased by just under 4%. This could be down to the fact Christmas would be coming around the corner so more people need money, or it could be a continuing thing and burglary is on the up.
I also wanted to looked at what was most commonly stolen during a burglary, these were the results I found:
1) Cash - This is because it does not have to be sold or traded and can be spent without being traceable, making it the favourite for any burglar.
2) Electronics - This is due to them being very valuable, a small tablet can be worth hundreds and the high demand for electronics making them easy to move on is also key for burglars.
3) Jewellery - Once again this is very small objects, generally with a lot of value, making them east for burglars to steal. They're easy to sell and are also in high demand.
4) Medications - This is one I didn't expect to see on the list. This is due to two reasons, there is a big black market for drugs and also the users of drugs break in because they need them.
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