Some Alarming Statistics
(1) FBI Uniform Crime Reports, (2)
National Crime Prevention Council, (3) Security Home & Business, Simon
Hakim/Erwin Blackstone
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Estimated annual burglaries nationwide:
2,329,950 (1)
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Annual losses experienced by burglary
victims estimated at: $3.1 billion (1)
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A burglary takes place every 12 seconds and
produces an average loss of $1,675 per event (1)
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This year one in six homes will be
burglarized (1)
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Burglars will spend no longer than 1 minute
to break into a home (2)
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60% of residential burglaries occur during
the daylight hours (1)
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Homes without security systems are 2.7 times
more likely to be targeted by a burglar (3)
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NBFAA
(link to statistics page)
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