Business Safety Facts
- There were 181,574 burglaries in 2007, up 6.3% from 2006; of those 109,321 were forced entry burglary, up 7.8% from 2006. Attempted entry also increased 9.8% from 2006.
- Property crime makes up slightly more than 3/4 of all crime in the United States.
- In 2005, law enforcement agencies reported an estimated 2,154,126 burglary offenses-a 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.
- A burglary takes place in the U.S. every 14.6 seconds according to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program Crime Clock.
- According to the FBI Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report, January-June, 2006, "burglary offenses showed an increase, up 1.2% from the 2005 level."
- Overall, in about 84% of all burglaries, the offender gained entry into the victim's residence or other building on the property.
- Among burglaries of non-residential structures when time of occurrence was known, 58% occurred at night.
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Florida Department of Law Enforcement http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/
FBI Uniform Crime Report 2005
Bureau of Justice Statistics www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
Crime in the United States 2005 Department of Justice - Federal
Bureau of Investigation Release Date: September 2006
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