How strong is the strength of a passcode?

Hi all,
My house was broken into recently with family and myself present (armed robbery). Lost many things, one of which was my iPhone 5 (updated to iOS 7.0.2). The phone has only passcode switched on. Didn't turn on the iCloud and Find my iPhone function.
My question would be how strong is the passcode? Could the burglars access any information on the phone in any possible way?
Thanks in advance for your replies.

iPhone employs a random 256-bit AES key when a passcode is set. AES is widely accepted as to be unbreakable at the present time.
Thus, unless a thief can "guess" your passcode, your data is safe.
And, with iOS 7.0, unless your Apple ID/Password are known, the phone cannot be restored or activated. It is now useless.

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