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new study shows that experiencing burglary is serious threat to people's mental health. The survey is from British charity Victim Support and home security company ADT. Researchers interviewed 1,000 people who had been burgled. They found that quarter of them suffered from anxiety or forms of depression, while further 25 per cent felt saddened by thought they could no longer protect their home and family. The researchers said that feelings of insecurity set in for many people after robbery. They reported that 37 per cent of burglary victims suddenly became afraid of being mugged in streets, something they had not feared before being burgled.

Professor Paula Nicolson from British Psychological Society warned that people and the police underestimate how serious crime burglary is. Many people fail to realise it can leave people traumatised. She said: "Burglary is frequently seen as minor crime – one that may be resolved and forgotten by victim….However psychologically and emotionally experience of being burgled is likely to have severe emotional outcome for many victims who were, up to then, leading ordinary lives." She added undue trauma resulted for some people in " compulsion to move house, depression, anxiety, sleeplessness and even marital breakdown".