We've had a rash of home burglaries in my little town recently. I'm not sure why, except that it's a place without a police department, with an older than average citizenry who live in remote areas, tend to display their affluence, often leave their doors unlocked, and find the notion of personal gun ownership distasteful. Really, what in that mixture would attract a criminal?
I can't tell you what it's like to grow up in the kleptocracy of Cleveland and now drive about a town in Connecticut muttering "easy mark, easy mark, easy mark" with every house I pass.
The good news is that the crooks seem to get caught with a brutal frequency.