Burglary Facts and Statistics...
*About 30 percent of private homes have security systems. Homes without security systems are two to three times more likely to be broken into.
* Property crime makes up slightly more than three-quarters of all crime in the United States
* Burglary accounted for 21.2 percent of the estimated number of property crimes committed in 2005. The average dollar loss per burglary offense in 2005 was $1,725.
* Of all burglary offenses in 2005, 65.8 percent were of residential structures.
* Most (62.4 percent) of residential burglaries in 2005 for which time of occurrence was known took place during the day, between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
* A burglary takes place in the U.S. every 14.6 seconds according to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program Crime Clock
Source: Crime in the U.S. 2005 Department of Justice
Release Date: September 2006, www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ |
