Most home break-ins aren’t high-tech heists or movie-level operations. They’re often crimes of opportunity, made easy by overlooked details or a few minutes of carelessness. Law enforcement officers across the country have seen patterns in how burglars get in—and more importantly, how they could have been stopped.
These are the kinds of mistakes that, in hindsight, seem obvious but in the moment feel harmless. According to police, there are at least ten common missteps people make that burglars capitalize on—and every single one is preventable.
