All news on the topic: Burglary

A boy who used his birthday money to launch a foodbank from his garden shed has been left devastated after cruel thieves ransacked the charity venture

A man has appeared in court accused of attempting to kidnap This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby - but other celebrities have, or claim to have, been the victims of abductions, here are their stories

Brett Pruett had been taking care of Betty Boyles, who owned two houses side by side. When she died Pruett tried to take over the properties insisting on the tenants paying him the rent in Portland

Gareth Butterfield has plenty of security cameras on the go at home, but one of them is his absolutely favourite

Anagnostopoulos killed British wife Caroline Crouch, placed their baby daughter next to her and hung her pet husky from the balcony in a bid to convince police she'd been killed in a botched robbery

After a growing number of burglaries in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, those living in the town took security matters into their own hands by all paying for a street patrol

Bob Benyo is the owner of a limited-edition purple Rolls Royce that was stolen from his garage in Miami this week - he is now doing everything he can to get it back

Items worth an estimated £1million are believed to have been taken in 33 break-ins across the south-east, including the burglary at the Chelsea forward’s home last year

Sara Hill's dad Nigel was a beloved handyman at his local cricket club Woodbank, and after dying aged 72, his family were going to scatter

Thieves broke into Mint Jewelers by Boodaddy Diamonds in Hollywood, Florida, and stole nearly half a million dollars worth of goods, owner Christopher Petrillo said

Police started warning people about the worrying trend several years ago as burglars come up with increasingly sinister ways to get into people's homes

Seven in ten adults admit to worrying about their ageing parents as often as 10 times a week - but almost half say they don't want to get in the way of their independence

Marek Wojnar prepared meals for unsuspecting families at the resort in Dorset, and bosses who hired him had no idea he was wanted 1,700 miles away in the city of Ostrava

Umar Abdullah had just moved into his new flat in Tampa, Florida, when a dispute started with the downstairs neighbour. Police allege the disgruntled neighbour escalated the feud in terrifying ways

Donald Patience, 45, was found dead at his home after officers were called to an address in response to reports of a burglary, in which a labradoodle dog was reportedly stolen

Donald Patience, 45, was found dead at his home in Bury, Greater Manchester, after officers were called to an address in response to reports of a burglary in which a labradoodle dog was stolen

Andrew Park, 30, had broken into the house, in Bowdon, whilst the family of five were on holiday

In Texas, a homeowner was commended by police when he pulled his gun on a burglar - and held him there until police arrived

Molly-Mae Hague has reportedly invested in extra security to protect her £600,000 engagement ring two years after the burglars broke into the Love Island star's old Manchester apartment

The former Love Island star knows only too well how much her life can be turned upside down by skilled criminals - as he house was fleeced of £800k worth of goods in 2021

One arrest has been made in the robbery of an LA Yves Saint Laurent store - footage from the robbery at the store showed a group of hooded and masked thieves running out of the shop with arms full of merchandise

The secret symbols, dubbed the 'Da Pinci Code' are used to mark properties worth targeting - this could be because the homeowners have expensive cars or dogs that prove lucrative to crooks

A family in Sandwell, whose three cars were stolen by a gang of thieves, believe they had been marked out as victims after finding suspicious marks left on a tree

Rosa Dotes-Perez, 33 and Francisca Santana, 19, flew from Chile to break into a Cheshire mansion where they stole jewellery and designer items before being stopped by police

One in five Brits feel nervous about leaving their home unattended - and begin to worry about the contents of their home just five days into a trip