Comments on: Most burglars enter a home through the most obvious paths https://www.isegoria.net/2023/07/most-burglars-enter-a-home-through-the-most-obvious-paths/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Albion https://www.isegoria.net/2023/07/most-burglars-enter-a-home-through-the-most-obvious-paths/comment-page-1/#comment-3615561 Albion Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:21:05 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50292#comment-3615561 Regarding Handle and ‘some kind of knowledge’: A long time ago I heard about a burglar who was told about a guy who kept a lot of cash in his home. The burglar broke in while the supposedly wealthy man was out, but found nothing. However rather than just give up and blame ‘poor information’ the burglar patiently sat outside in his car and watched the house. When the home-owner eventually returned home to discover the break in, the panicked man rushed down the garden to the small garden shed but emerged looking relieved, all witnessed by the observing burglar.

Needless to say the next target–the shed–was not only easier to break into but yielded a huge haul of money.

]]> By: Handle https://www.isegoria.net/2023/07/most-burglars-enter-a-home-through-the-most-obvious-paths/comment-page-1/#comment-3615427 Handle Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:59:42 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50292#comment-3615427 It’s not clear what a burglar would even try to get in many normal homes these days. Times have changed such that it isn’t common to have a lot of portable things of value left unattended and easy to fence. People don’t have nearly as much cash, if any. Expensive jewelry seems much less commonly worn, and hard for a thief to tell if it’s real or not. TVs worth anything are way too bulky and fragile. Smartphones are usually near the owner (thus risky) and now more commonly have passwords or face recognition and are harder to crack for resale.

I read the local police blotter, and my impression is that a lot of home-based larceny these days involves effortless grabbing of packages from online shopping or some kind of knowledge about the special situation of the target, e.g., he’s a drug dealer who keeps a lot of drugs and cash around and who likes to show off his expensive fancy watches and jewelry. That guy is gonna need more than advice on camera positioning.

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