Break-ins increasing Share Cape Town - Criminals are crawling to avoid security beams as unemployment drives them to break in to houses. Yusuf Abramjee anti-crime activist said in the initial stage stages of lockdown there was a dramatic decrease in crime including house break-ins and home invasions. “Many of these criminals are just trying their luck to break into homes and even estates, scaling walls and making their way in, you will find the criminals crawling to avoid the beams, that is why it is important for residents to take all security precautions and don’t think that you are living in an estate that you are safe, it’s a false sense of security. Most of these house break-ins are so-called opportunistic crimes. It becomes a house invasion when they take out a knife or firearm and hold you at gunpoint or knifepoint,” said Abramjee.