Despite past increases in burglary during times of hardship, the home sceretary has stated burglary is not inevitably going to rise this time.
Daniel Sandford - BBC home affairs correspondent - has stated that over the last 30 years, burglary appeared to have risen in times of economic hardship, like in the mid-80’s and early 90’s. Research has shown that toward the end of 2008 burglary began to sharply rise for the first time since 2000.
