Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.


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On 20/02/2019 19:04, ARW wrote:
Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.



It's quite common for a house to get burgled, then the burglars wait a
while for the items to be replaced, and they steal the new stuff. So,
the real question is how many times has this house been burgled?

On 20/02/2019 19:13, GB wrote:
On 20/02/2019 19:04, ARW wrote:
Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.



It's quite common for a house to get burgled, then the burglars wait a
while for the items to be replaced, and they steal the new stuff. So,
the real question is how many times has this house been burgled?




First time. They have been there 30+ years.


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On Wednesday, 20 February 2019 19:24:09 UTC, ARW wrote:
On 20/02/2019 19:13, GB wrote:
On 20/02/2019 19:04, ARW wrote:
Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.



It's quite common for a house to get burgled, then the burglars wait a
while for the items to be replaced, and they steal the new stuff. So,
the real question is how many times has this house been burgled?




First time. They have been there 30+ years.


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Adam

Burglars tend to leave houses with an alarm alone, go somewhere without.

On Thursday, 21 February 2019 07:43:28 UTC, harry wrote:
On Wednesday, 20 February 2019 19:24:09 UTC, ARW wrote:
On 20/02/2019 19:13, GB wrote:
On 20/02/2019 19:04, ARW wrote:
Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.



It's quite common for a house to get burgled, then the burglars wait a
while for the items to be replaced, and they steal the new stuff. So,
the real question is how many times has this house been burgled?




First time. They have been there 30+ years.


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Adam

Burglars tend to leave houses with an alarm alone, go somewhere without.

Is it realy that simple, I;ve heard that places with alarms show that someone has something worth stealing and that it;s better to get the alarm to false trigger so the owner gets fed up with it and no one takes any notice.

next doors fire alarm has gone off almost every day in the last 2 weeks and always about my dinner time so from 7pm to 9pm except on a couple of days when they weren't in.

they also don't have any net curtains you can quite easily see what they have in their front room downstairs, and when they bought their new TV 3 weeks ago the box was left outside for recyscling.

On 21/02/2019 13:32, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 21 February 2019 07:43:28 UTC, harry wrote:
On Wednesday, 20 February 2019 19:24:09 UTC, ARW wrote:
On 20/02/2019 19:13, GB wrote:
On 20/02/2019 19:04, ARW wrote:
Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.



It's quite common for a house to get burgled, then the burglars wait a
while for the items to be replaced, and they steal the new stuff. So,
the real question is how many times has this house been burgled?




First time. They have been there 30+ years.


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Adam

Burglars tend to leave houses with an alarm alone, go somewhere without.

Is it realy that simple, I;ve heard that places with alarms show that someone has something worth stealing and that it;s better to get the alarm to false trigger so the owner gets fed up with it and no one takes any notice.

next doors fire alarm has gone off almost every day in the last 2 weeks and always about my dinner time so from 7pm to 9pm except on a couple of days when they weren't in.

they also don't have any net curtains you can quite easily see what they have in their front room downstairs, and when they bought their new TV 3 weeks ago the box was left outside for recyscling.




I believe that this was an opportunist theft doing a smash and grab.

I caught one[1] on my CCTV across the road a few years back on a Sunday
afternoon. A bloke with a 13 year old. They just walked up the street
went to the house opposite, knocked on the door, when there was no
answer (they even shouted through the letter box is anyone in) they went
round the back and broke in through the kitchen window.
They would not do that if there was an bell box on the house.

[1] As the camera is too far away to get an image of the two an arrest
and conviction was made due to the audio on my CCTV. It gave away the
first name of the adult.

To this day we have no idea why they targeted that house.

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GB wrote:
On 20/02/2019 19:04, ARW wrote:
Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.



It's quite common for a house to get burgled, then the burglars wait a
while for the items to be replaced, and they steal the new stuff. So,
the real question is how many times has this house been burgled?

Do burglars much go for consumer stuff these days?

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Most break ins these days seem to be for car keys. A worrying trend is that some come "tooled up" and masked ready to threaten occupants as it seems to be the quickest way to find the keys and get out quick.

Richard

On 21/02/2019 11:02, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Most break ins these days seem to be for car keys. A worrying trend is that some come "tooled up" and masked ready to threaten occupants as it seems to be the quickest way to find the keys and get out quick.


That may or may not be what burglars _want_ but it's not what actually
gets taken most often in burglaries. The ONS publishes the stats every
year following the Crime Survey in E&W. For 2016-17 after
cash/cards/wallets etc and jewellery/watches it was computers (including
laptops and tablets), mobiles, electrical goods (eg TVs, games consoles)
and cameras.



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On Thursday, 21 February 2019 10:42:59 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Do burglars much go for consumer stuff these days?

I think the druggies do. Phones and tablets are exchangeable down the pub for smack.

Owain

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On Thursday, 21 February 2019 10:42:59 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Do burglars much go for consumer stuff these days?

I think the druggies do. Phones and tablets are exchangeable down the
pub for smack.

Don't most take their phones with them when they go out?

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In article ,
GB wrote:
On 20/02/2019 19:04, ARW wrote:
Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.



It's quite common for a house to get burgled, then the burglars wait a
while for the items to be replaced, and they steal the new stuff. So,
the real question is how many times has this house been burgled?

Do burglars much go for consumer stuff these days?

They don’t have any choice on that given that that’s all ,most
houses have in them and they need to fund their drug habits.

On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:40:25 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
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Do burglars much go for consumer stuff these days?

They don¢t have any choice on that given that that¢s all ,most
houses have in them and they need to fund their drug habits.

Not necessarily, you endlessly pontificating self-opinionated trolling
senile asshole!

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ARW wrote

Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.

It would be interesting to have some reliable stats
on how many avoided a burglary by having one.

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:15:38 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
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It would be interesting to have some reliable stats
on how many avoided a burglary by having one.

It would be even more interesting to learn how many trolls on Usenet are
actually senile and decrepit losers like you, senile Rot!

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ARW Wrote in message:
Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.



For some it's the reassurance of knowing the property is still
empty & not been interfered with whilst they have been
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I am afraid that I have a bit of a thing about alarms.
Indeed security in general. The mess burglars who are intent to get in to
a ouse is terrible as I have seen. My approach these days is not to make
the place into fort knox or keep really really valuable stuff here. I'd
rather have a door lock to fix than a melted pvc door trashed double
glazed doors etc really.

Brian

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Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.


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ARW writes:

Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.

It may have been a new requirement imposed by the insurance
company.

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On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:49:59 +0000, Jon Fairbairn
wrote:

ARW writes:

Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.

It may have been a new requirement imposed by the insurance
company.

Yes. A friend who was burgled a few years ago was told to have an
alarm installed by her insurance company.
(And a house near me was burgled just before Christmas, broke into the
uPVC french doors. Set the alarm off but no-one heard it, of if they
did they ignored it. In that case, the consumer electronics were
ignored and the jewellery was stolen.)

On 21/02/2019 17:15, Peter Johnson wrote:
Set the alarm off but no-one heard it, of if they
did they ignored it. In that case, the consumer electronics were
ignored and the jewellery was stolen.

New-ish build near us, there's *always* an alarm going off, either
numerous alarms are faulty or operated by the terminally thick.
It's come to the point now where nobody bats an eyelid. It makes you
look forward to winter after a few days with windows open.

On a more concerning note though, the current trend in the area seems to
be trying door handles during the evening and where unlocked, running in
and nicking your stuff while you're in the effing house!