This is a relatively article which discusses one specific burglary that occurred in a residential area in the early afternoon. And it seems that the burglar was arrested in was a relatively populated area, easily accessible with a lot of traffic every day. The perpetrator in this situation started off trying to steal from two apartments and was found later attempting to get away while on a busy street.
In just looking for crimes involving burglaries, a large number of them seem to involve gas stations and the like. Which points to the fact that people who are going out to steal, are going to the places that are in nearest proximity to them.”The Study shows that properties on corner lots have a higher risk of burglary than other locations.”(Hakim, 447) In the rest of Hakim’s article the study shows that those businesses which are in areas of greater traffic, and therefore larger numbers of people are much more likely to have higher burglar problems than other places might. With the location of the store and whether or not it has an alarm being the two most important factors for criminals in deciding where they will steal from.
Therefore it makes a lot of sense that these crimes occur at gas stations and convenience stores, that have already been purposely place at population centers. This means that while these places are in perfect positions for shoppers and buyers, they are also in the places most likely get visits from burglars. Having the place that the burglar is going to steal from in close proximity to where the burglar lives gives the burglar a certain amount of familiarity to the situation, allowing them to improvise easily if necessary. Though this also means that they are more likely to be recognized and when/if the police get involved they have are more likely to find someone who lives closer to where the crime occurred then someone from outside of the community, that had already fled.