Burglaries cost households €58m

ALMOST €60 million has been stolen from Irish homes in the last year, it emerged yesterday.

A new survey revealed burglaries cost households a total of €58m in the 12 months between June 2003 and June 2004, an 11.5% increase on the previous year.

The Eircom PhoneWatch 2004 Burglary Report found goods with an average value of just under €3,600 were taken from each home burgled, although the overall number of burglaries decreased by 17.8% from last year.