On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:25:03 +0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 16/02/2013 19:16, harry wrote:
On Feb 16, 12:28 pm, Nightjar
wrote:
On 16/02/2013 12:13, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Nightjar wrote:
Most of the are druggys paying for their drug habits.

Possibly true in urban areas, but in rural and semi-rural areas
the main risk is from professional thieves, who are prepared to
travel great distances to find rich pickings.

Professional thieves ain't going to travel great distances on
spec. More likely target a place they know contains valuables.

Exactly why they will know what sort of burglar alarm is being
used.

The vast majority of burglaries are on spec.

The vast majority happen in urban areas.

Colin Bignell

The go by the value of the car parked on the driveway.

Which is not a very sensible approach when the residents are out - and
have either one car or a second car that is grossly mis-leading. E.g
Bentley and beaten up Fiesta. I think that most burglaries are when the
residents are not at home - not all, to be sure, but most.

A lot of burglaries nowadays are really car thefts and almost by
definition must happen when the residents are home. The car is picked
out - often from a shopping list - and the house is burgled in order
to steal the keys - immobilisers being so much more sophisticated
these days. Or so I am told.

Nick