I remember grant mentioning last year in his tweet the only reason burglars weren't in the game was because they haven't made them yet. So I i hope this year we'll see them. :)
Only thing similar to the burglar in a way is the vampires that break into your sims home. Cept they're not stealing things and looking to get a 'bite' to eat. Tend to forget to lock most of the doors for some sims and the end result is not good. :#
Luckily with the sprinkler system and sims actually feeling the need to put the fire out autonomously my sim has never died by fire. Had a party one of the guests had went upstairs to turn on the fireplace for some reason ruined that room and the party. About two sims there put out the fire autonomously and they don't have the confident trait either. Guess it just depends.
@writing_reg It could work. If you ever played the sims urbz they had this one sim that would revive your sim when something went wrong (fire, etc.) by coming in on a line like they came from a helicopter. It was pretty silly, but appropriate for the sims. Always thought it was pretty funny but unique. :)