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A new shows that burglary is a threat to people's mental health. The survey is from a British and a home company. Researchers interviewed 1,000 who had been burgled. They found that a of them suffered from or depression and a quarter felt saddened by thinking they could not protect their home and . Feelings of insecurity started for many people after a burglary. Around 37 per cent of burglary victims became afraid of being attacked in the . They had not feared this before being burgled.

A from the British Psychological Society warned that people underestimate how burglary is. It can leave people traumatised. She said: "Burglary is seen as a minor crime….However psychologically and the experience of being burgled is to have a severe emotional outcome for many victims who were, up to then, leading lives." She said the led some people to want to move to a house. Other people got , anxiety, sleeplessness and even had marital .