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Jeebo

(2,023 posts) Sun May 24, 2020, 05:10 PM May 2020

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Are burglaries down?

I would think burglaries would be way down now, with everybody staying at home all the time. Fewer burgling opportunities. Some unofficial additions to the unemployment rolls.

-- Ron

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Are burglaries down? (Original Post) Jeebo May 2020 OP

Car prowling is way up in my neighborhood. iemitsu May 2020 #1

Same here although they caught a couple of kids Sherman A1 May 2020 #2

I would assume so. MissB May 2020 #3

Same here. I do notice a large number of the "break-ins" are unlocked! n/t retread May 2020 #4

"Burglaries were up by nearly 200 -- or 26.3 percent" Kaleva May 2020 #5

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)

1. Car prowling is way up in my neighborhood.

Reply to Jeebo (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2020, 05:11 PM

May 2020

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

2. Same here although they caught a couple of kids

Reply to iemitsu (Reply #1)

Sun May 24, 2020, 05:16 PM

May 2020

the other day, so that might put a dent in the early morning pastime.

MissB

(15,806 posts)

3. I would assume so.

Reply to Jeebo (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2020, 05:16 PM

May 2020

But I’m seeing a lot of car break-in stories on Nextdoor.

retread

(3,762 posts)

4. Same here. I do notice a large number of the "break-ins" are unlocked! n/t

Reply to MissB (Reply #3)

Mon May 25, 2020, 07:38 AM

May 2020

Kaleva

(36,298 posts)

5. "Burglaries were up by nearly 200 -- or 26.3 percent"

Reply to Jeebo (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 07:48 AM

May 2020

https://nypost.com/2020/04/02/major-crimes-up-12-percent-in-nyc-despite-covid-19-outbreak/

"Seattle burglary explodes 87% downtown after coronavirus policy, crisis"

https://mynorthwest.com/1802378/rantz-seattle-crime-up-after-coronavirus/

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