Burglary Statistics
- Property crime makes up slightly more than three-quarters of all crime in the United States
- In 2005, law enforcement agencies reported an estimated 2,154,126 burglary offenses and 0.5 % increase compared with 2004 data.
- An examination of 5 and 10 year trends revealed a 1.8 % increase in the number of burglaries compared with the 2001 estimate, and a 14.1 % decline from the 1996 number.
- Burglary accounted for 21.2 % of the estimated number of property crimes committed in 2005.
- The average dollar loss per burglary offense in 2005 was $1,725.
- 65.8 % were of residential structures.
- Most 62.4 % 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.
- Among burglaries of nonresidential structures when time of occurrence was known, 58.0 % occurred at night.
- A burglary takes place in the U.S. every 14.6 seconds.
- Overall, in about 84% of all burglaries, the offender gained entry into the victim’s residence or other building on the property.
- 14.6 Seconds a Burglary Happens somewhere.
- 34 % of burglars entered through the front door;
- 23 % through a first-floor window;
- 22 % through the back door;
- 9 % through the garage;
- 4 % entered through a basement;
- 4 % through an unlocked entrance;
- 2 % through a storage area;
- 2 % entered anywhere on the second floor.
- Burglars spend no more than 60 seconds breaking into a home.
- 12 % of burglaries occurred through an UNLOCKED Doors
- 41 % of alarmed homes that were burglarized, the security system was NOT TURNED ON.
