… as those are the time and day of the week when robberies are most likely to occur.
That’s from the FBI’s just-released bank crime statistics report for full year 2010, which turned out to be a much lousier year than 2009 (for the bank robbers):
Between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010, there were 5,546 robberies, 74 burglaries, eight larcenies, and 13 extortions of financial institutions reported to law enforcement. The total 5,628 reported violations represent a decrease from 2009, during which 6,065 violations of the Federal Bank Robbery and Incidental Crimes Statute were reported.
The vast majority of the stolen loot was cash, of which roughly one-fifth has been recovered and returned to financial institutions:
Their preferred schedule:
And their methods:
A hat tip to our colleague Daniel Dombey for pointing us to the report.
FT Alphaville emphasises that it does not find bank robbery amusing, but we can recommend this movie about the subject:
