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100 Feet - Exterior lighting needs to bright enough for you to see 100-feet.
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95% of home security owners are satisfied with their alarm systems.
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94 % of US homes have at least one smoke alarm installed.
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93 % of homeowners have a garage. This is one point of entrance that burglars target.
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92 % of emergency calls end up being false alarms.
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90 % of police believe home monitored alarms help deter burglary attempts.
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89 % of all burglaries go unsolved.
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88% of all burglaries are residential in nature.
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87 % of all home burglaries are considered to be preventable.
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86 % of burglaries occur when people are at home.
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85 % of burglar alarms were not switched on or being used properly
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84 % of the Nation’s burglaries took place in metro areas.
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81 % of residential intrusions occur through the first floor
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80% of break-ins occur through a locked door
Source: http://hoppeteam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=65