{"id":5855,"date":"2017-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/what-home-thieves-target-most\/"},"modified":"2017-09-01T21:29:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T21:29:24","slug":"what-home-thieves-target-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/what-home-thieves-target-most\/","title":{"rendered":"What Home Thieves Target Most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<p>Renters are more likely to experience a burglary than homeowners, according to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Apartment buildings with two to four units are the most at risk of theft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is probably because plenty of people come and go from apartment complexes daily, while homes only have a few family members who enter or leave,\u201d according to ADT, a security firm, which recently analyzed data on burglary risks across the country.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 884px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/realtormag.realtor.org\/sites\/realtormag.realtor.org\/files\/rmo_files\/images\/2017_aug\/DN_ADT_burglaries.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were nearly 1.6 million burglaries in 2015, amounting to\u00a0about one every 20 seconds, according to the FBI. About 72 percent were residential.<\/p>\n<p>The cities with the most burglaries, according to ADT\u2019s analysis, are: Lake Charles, La.; Vallejo, Calif.; Pueblo, Colo.; Youngstown, Ohio; Springfield, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Canton, Ohio; Santa Fe, N.M.; Memphis, Tenn.; and Albany, Ga.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, ADT reports that the cities with the lowest amounts of crime tend to share similar social and economic characteristics, such as low unemployment rates, high\u00a0education levels, and small\u00a0populations. The cities with the fewest burglaries are: Palatine, Ill.; Orland Park, Ill.; Peabody, Mass.; Fishers, Ind.; Leesburg, Va.; Ramapo Town, N.Y.; Novi, Mich.; Carmel, Ind.; Rochester Hills, Mich.; and Johns Creek, Ga.<\/p>\n<p>Of 400 convicted burglars who shared their reasons for committing a theft,\u00a0their top reasons for break-ins were: drugs (51%); money (37.1%); foolishness (5.4%); thrills (4.4%); or revenge (2.2%). The ADT survey also showed the top items these convicted burglars were hoping to find in a break-in were: cash (90%); jewelry (77.8%); illegal drugs (65.9%); electronics (63.5%); prescription drugs (50.5%); and clothing or shoes (18.4%).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 814px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/realtormag.realtor.org\/sites\/realtormag.realtor.org\/files\/rmo_files\/images\/2017_aug\/DN_ADT_burglaries_facts.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adt.com\/burglary-odds-across-america\">Burglary Odds Across America<\/a>,\u201d ADT.com (August 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a> Realtors.org <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Renters are more likely to experience a burglary than homeowners, according to data from the &hellip; <a title=\"What Home Thieves Target Most\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/what-home-thieves-target-most\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Home Thieves Target Most<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[485,518,488,486,487,1418,12908,543,627,127,1007,818,479,15282],"class_list":["post-5855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-adt-report","tag-america","tag-burglaries","tag-burglary","tag-convicted-burglars","tag-fish","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homeowners","tag-homes","tag-owners","tag-real","tag-realtor","tag-ross"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DN_ADT_burglaries.png?fit=640%2C884&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5370,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/what-thieves-are-most-after-in-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":5855,"position":0},"title":"What Thieves Are Most After in Homes","author":"Amazing Property","date":"July 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some sobering stats from the FBI: A robbery occurs every 1.6 minutes in the U.S., a burglary every 18.2 seconds, and a larceny theft every 5.4 seconds. 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