- Burglary is defined as an unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft. A person can be arrested for coming inside even if nothing is stolen.
- A burglary is commited every 14-15 seconds in the United States
- The average loss from a burglary is about $1,600
- In about 30 percent of burglaries the criminal gets in without using force. Often they come through an unlocked door or window.
- Most burglaries occure in the daytime between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. when no one is home.
- Only 13 percent of reported burglaries are solved by police.
- Even worse, only 15 percent of stolen property in burglaries is ever recovered by police.
- Almost half of the nations reported burglaries occur in the South (45%).
- 70 percent of of all burglary arrestees are white.
- Homes without security systems are two to three times more likely to broken into than ones that do.
These facts are based on FBI statistics found in, Crime in the United States 2003. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_03/pdf/toc03.pdf