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Intruder indecent assault on woman in Ballymena home

Wednesday, 3 February 2010- source BBC News
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A woman has been indecently assaulted by an intruder in her home in Ballymena, police have said.

The woman, who was in bed at her home in Clarence Street, awoke to find an intruder in her room around 2100 GMT on Monday.

During a brief struggle, the man indecently assaulted the woman before running away.

Detectives investigating the incident said the man left from the rear of the house and have appealed for witnesses.
 
Intruder robs Newry pensioner's handbag

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 - Source BBC News

A 73-year-old woman has been robbed by an intruder who broke into her home in Newry, County Down.

She was sitting in the living room of her home in the Glen Hill Park area at about 1900 GMT on Tuesday when a man broke in through a front window.

He grabbed her handbag which was at her feet before making off.

Police have appealed for anyone who noticed suspicious activity in the area or who has any information about the robbery to contact them.
 
Burglaries rise by up to 70% as crooks look for car keys

 

Posted in the Evening Standard 10.7.9

Crime gangs who break into people's homes to steal car keys are behind a huge surge in burglaries in London.
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What burglars steal - and how they get in

Guardian 21.5.9

As the recession gets worse, so do the burglary figures - Alan Travis has written:

An unexpected 25% increase in personal thefts and a 4% rise in domestic burglaries in the official quarterly crime figures published yesterday confirmed predictions that the recession and rising joblessness will fuel a rise in property crime.
 
Burglaries and knife robberies up

 

Posted by BBC News 22.1.9

 


Robberies at knife point have risen by almost a fifth, according to official figures for England and Wales.


Domestic burglaries jumped 4% - the first significant rise for some years.

The Home Office figures for the three months to September 2008 indicate that total recorded crime continues to fall - down 3% over the quarter.
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