Most burglars don’t knock on you door
Yes they do. It’s quite common for burglars to knock on the door prior to breaking in.
“Most burglars don’t knock on you door”
Actually most do. To see if anyone is home.
” Most burglars don’t knock on you door”
Not really relevant in this case, but burglars will often knock to see if anyone is home. If they are home, they make up some excuse.
I read about breakins in the Milledgeville, Georgia area that told the opposite is true. The police explained that a group of “teenagers” would drive somewhere and park out of sight. Then, one “teen” would get out and go to the door to knock. The purpose was to see if someone was home (these “teens” had the idea that if anyone was home they would answer the knock). If no one answered the door he would signal to his buds, and the whole bunch would break in and steal, I mean borrow whatever they wanted.
OTOH, if someone answered the knock, the “teen” would ask some innocuous question...like, “would you like to have your grass cut?”, or “does Billy Bob live here?”, or “I’m lost, could you tell me how to find the school?” After someone opened the door, and talked to the “teen”, the “teen” would leave and walk away. The “teens” would simply keep this up until they scored.
WRONG!
It is the standard MO here in central AR. Burglars often knock on the front door to "raise money for mission trip" if you actually answer.
If not, they walk around back and break in.
The best crew here in Little Rock would pull up in a rented truck (used fake ID) and, having stolen lawn company gear (weed eater or blower) would commence to work on the yard. Burglar inside would be rummaging and listening to the blower. If blower went off....emergency! Homeowner or cop pulled up. Blower user would say, "Whoops wrong house" while the guy inside would bolt and meet up later.
AU contraire. It is a VERY common practice in SoCal.
They are, in fact, known as “knock-knock burglaries”
I believe you are mistaken.
Most burglars knock, repeatedly, because they want to be sure no one is home.
They want to know if someone is home.
If someone answers you say you were lost and you need directions.