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The '''burglar''' is an [[Non-playable character|NPC]] featured in ''[[The Sims]]'', ''[[The Sims 2]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3]]'' who will sneak onto a lot, most often during the night, when Sims are sleeping, and attempt to steal items from the household.

In ''[[The Sims]]'', burglaries are fairly rare and will most likely appear if the selected family is wealthy and/or has expensive objects in their home. [[Some Sneaky Sim|The burglar]] will usually appear at around 3:00 AM, and even appear as late as 9:00 AM if the family is sleeping. and his arrival will be announced by a few bars of intentionally frightening music. The burglar cannot be interacted with in any way, except by the police, and was specifically designed to rob houses while the entire household is asleep. If the player tries to wake up a Sim while there is a burglar, it is unlikely that the Sim will wake up, get to a phone, and call the police in time to catch him. Even if the player does this as soon as the burglar appears, it is not certain that the Sim will be able to call the police in time.

Installing a burglar alarm in the home will not prevent a burglar from entering the lot; however, if one happens to do so, the [[police]] will arrive shortly after the alarm goes off to arrest him, where he will surrender peacefully. The [[Michelle the Policewoman|police officer]] will thank the family and will givepay them a small§1000 amount of money for assisting the lawreward. Despite this, the burglar may have already taken one or two items by the time the police officer approaches him. These items will be kepttaken as evidence and not returned, but the family will be reimbursed for them. Sometimes, a family will be reimbursed for an item that the burglar did not manage to steal.