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

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