This is anecdotal, of course, but there are frequent TV news stories here in the SF Bay Area showing surveillance video of burglaries and home invasions; three a the typical crew size.<p>One thing we don&#x27;t know is how many small-take thefts just go unreported now, as break-ins (of autos, especially) have become epidemic.  My city doesn&#x27;t even send a response for property crimes now.  The victim just files a report on their website for insurance purposes.  A friend in Berkeley had two petty burglaries in the past year-plus and didn&#x27;t report for that reason.