"Its a crazy world." ? that's not "the world", that's the UK - also well known as paradise for professional criminals, breeding ground for amateur crooks:
unarmed police (..duh?), almost no right for "normal" residents to protect themselves or their property, without getting sued afterwards by an injured intruder...what a weak nation - being so strong and proud once...!
I still dont get the "sense" of such Non-Law... in (almost) ANY other (civilized) country, a person attempting the above mentioned things would at least be aware of a possibility getting arrested (proper responding and forceful police), getting severely injured or worse (active defense allowed, or passive defense, like razor wire etc..also not allowed in UK..)
As you said - Hilarious!