This was in the news. Thieves got caught. They were Romanian gypsies.

FYI they're not Romanian.

Roma or Romani people, commonly known in Europe as gypsies, are not the same as Romanian people, although there is a large population there. You'll have to reference Wikipedia for a deeper dive.

It is of course entirely possible to be a Romanian gypsy, just as it's possible to be a Canadian Apache or a Syrian Kurd.

It does not take many to steal many little statuettes.

Theft is a weird crime.

You don't need things to be bad to have theft, especially of small or easy to steal things. It is one of those crimes that sticks around regardless of how "good" or "bad" things are, though admittedly it seems to be a bit less when times are good. I moved from the midwest, US to Norway - and theft seems to be one of the more common crimes. Things really aren't especially bad here from my point of view.

Regardless, You still have thrill seekers, folks that mismanage money, folks that slip through the state support cracks, drug users and alcoholics, gamblers, teens whose parents don't provide for them (both real and perceived) and so on.