Real smooth.

Three out of 10 burglars gain access through the front door, and a quarter do through the back door.

A suspected burglar who became stuck in the chimney of a California house died after the homeowner unknowingly lit a fire.

A plucky grandmother accosted a burglar in her house after her dog failed to see him off and instead began to lick him.

A burglar has died after a confrontation with a British father and son in Portugal, according to reports.

An 80-year-old California man who came home to find two burglars said he shot and killed one of them despite her pleas that she was pregnant. But it is the woman’s alleged accomplice who has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

A Polish man who carried out a spate of burglaries with his father in south County Dublin said he did it “for the buzz” as he was “addicted to adrenaline”.