"We rarely have people starving. That was an ad hoc example of the least heinous theft I could think of.
Burglars don't usually have specific things they're taking; they're more commonly after anything that looks valuable enough to re-sell. If they've been hired by someone else it's probably about harming the target without actually harming them. The other reason it's considered worse is that there's an assumption that people ought to be safe in their own homes. Breaking into most other places would be less bad.
Murders might be about politics, revenge, an inheritance, a dispute over romance, or maybe they just strongly don't like the person. Motives are pretty varied for that one."