Good character. Or they thought it was a sting, or they thought the burglar just left, forgot to lock up, and they didn’t want to explain if some cop wandered in, or...they figured the cameras were rolling.
I’m city born and bred so I never assume good character. It’s the Urban Corollary to Occam’s.
That is a personal problem, a part of who you are, not a result of growing up in a city.