I've been thinking about the apparent drop in burglary too; seems like there's not too much worth stealing nowadays, aside from jewelry, firearms, and perhaps carpets, art, and sculpture at the very high end. More homes have security systems, and there appears to be virtually no market for fine china, a 55" television is very bulky and fragile relative to its market value, any laptops or other computers are likely to be depreciated to nil. Folks don't keep coin collections, nor cash on hand.