One in eight true crime viewers reckon they might pull off a financial institution theft – after studying suggestions from movie and TV.

The examine of two,000 adults who watch the style discovered they view a mean of 20 hours of fictional and real-life lawbreaking TV reveals a month.

As a end result, three in 10 consider they might remedy a theft crime, having picked up methods from the consolation of their very own couch.

And 24 % have even considered how they could go about pulling off a heist themselves.

More than a 3rd (36 %) consider a key ability in any theft is being a grasp in disguise and 11 % assume you’d need to look scary.

The analysis, commissioned by TV channel Sky HISTORY to launch its new sequence, Greatest Heists with Pierce Bronsan, additionally discovered 26 % would swipe a bag of money they present in a financial institution – however would by no means contemplate stealing from an individual or unbiased enterprise.

And 21 % would take unattended gold bars from an open vault.

It additionally emerged one in six (17 %) view stealing from a financial institution a ‘victimless’ crime, so long as nobody will get damage – with 1 / 4 admitting they wouldn’t go to the police if they found their accomplice had dedicated this offence.

While 36 % admitted they'd take a bag stuffed with £20 notes in the event that they discovered it outdoors a financial institution – with 40 % of this group prepared to spend it on payments and necessities to ease the price of dwelling disaster.

Criminology skilled, Professor Emmeline Taylor, stated: “This new series is fascinating as it reveals details about some of the most audacious heists ever attempted.

"Some of the stories from around the world are simply more outlandish than the movies.

"People love watching the extreme lengths criminals will go to driven by sheer greed, and of course see the consequences that criminals face afterwards.”

The survey additionally revealed the highest 20 heist scenes in movie, together with the sequence in 1996 film, The Italian Job, the theft in Bonnie and Clyde and Terry Benedict’s vault in Ocean’s Eleven.

The opening financial institution heist in The Dark Knight and the primary job and getaway in Baby Driver additionally appeared on the record.

Almost six in 10 (59 %) love watching the crime style as it's escapism from on a regular basis life, and 39 % like to observe folks attempt to outsmart one another.

And 71 % assume some true crime occasions are wilder and extra unbelievable than fictional tales.

However, when watching these reveals, 52 % of these polled, by way of OneBallot, need it to be as correct as doable, so that they know precisely what occurred in actual life.

A spokesperson for Sky HISTORY added: “Documentaries and programmes about bank robbery taps into a life that is so far removed from most people's lives.

“There have been some great scenes in films, that are really realistic as well as entertaining.

“But sometimes it's interesting to watch what really happened – as the research shows, a lot of the time, they are more dramatic than fictional scenes.”