User blog comment:Madman97/You know what really grinds my Wabbajack's? The Misplace of Value in Skyrim./@comment-5558140-20130722060827

im pretty sure what you've described is just how the radiant ai works things out according to how it was programmed. if your put something down inside a place you live with other people, someone will want to take it, sometimes they ask you if they can. when you steal something and get caught, there are various ways the ai deals with it, like paying a bounty or going to jail, or death if your bounty is high. it has nothing to do with culture or anything, its just one of the quirks of the game.