According to insurance agencies specializing in renters insurance, renters are burglarized 79% more than homeowners. The reasons are simple:

1. The sheer number of people coming and going causes residents to tune-out as they become accustomed to seeing lots of neighbors and their unfamiliar guests moving, throughout their community.
2. It’s more difficult to spot individuals that don’t belong, that would normally raise suspicion.
3. The rental community is a more transient community so it’s not uncommon to see utility vans, moving vans and vehicles loaded with belongings nearby.
4. Many crimes are committed by adolescents looking for drug money or pursuing gang initiations. This occurs even in nice, more affluent areas.
5. It’s easy for the kids of your neighbors to record your schedule and to find opportune times to intrude without being interrupted, or caught. This makes for a perfect environment for burglaries, vandalisms and even assaults.