Burglars Go Shopping While You’re On Vacation You and your family are returning from a fun-filled vacation, ready to unpack and update the photo album. Only when you get home, you find the front door open, the back window broken, and valuables missing from all over the house, including your “clever” hiding places in the dresser drawer and in the back of the freezer. You’re not alone. Each year, nearly 5 million families become victims of household burglary, often while they’ve been away on vacation. **
Homes without security systems are about 3 times more likely to be broken into than homes with security systems.**
Most (62.4%) of residential burglaries in 2005 for which time of occurrence was known took place during the day, between 6 am and 6 pm.***
A burglary takes place in the U.S every 14.6 seconds according to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program Crime Clock.***
Burglary accounted for 21.2% of the estimated number of property crimes committed in 2005.**
The most common causes for fires in homes from 1992-2002, starts with number one cooking equipment, followed by heating equipment, intentional causes, open flame, electrical distribution equipment, appliances and finally smoking material.**
Kitchens are the leading area of origin for home structure fires (34%) and civilian home fire injuries (33%).*
Police Believe Security Systems Reduce Burglaries…
Police Believe Security Systems Reduce Burglaries… In 1994, the International Association of Chiefs of Police passed a Board Resolution stating that professionally installed and monitored alarm systems are useful instruments to deter crime and provide peace of mind for residential and business owners. More recently, in a survey of 1,000 police and fire chiefs, 85 percent of the police officials said security systems decrease the likelihood a home will be burglarized. Almost 90 percent felt security systems increase their chances of apprehending burglars, and 85 percent said they encourage the installation of electronic security systems in residences and businesses in their communities.****
*Source: National Fire Protection Association **Source: National Burglary and Fire Alarm Association ***Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report ****Source: Private Security Report from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Burglars Go Shopping While You’re On Vacation You and your family are returning from a fun-filled vacation, ready to unpack and update the photo album. Only when you get home, you find the front door open, the back window broken, and valuables missing from all over the house, including your “clever” hiding places in the dresser drawer and in the back of the freezer. You’re not alone. Each year, nearly 5 million families become victims of household burglary, often while they’ve been away on vacation. **
Police Believe Security Systems Reduce Burglaries… In 1994, the International Association of Chiefs of Police passed a Board Resolution stating that professionally installed and monitored alarm systems are useful instruments to deter crime and provide peace of mind for residential and business owners. More recently, in a survey of 1,000 police and fire chiefs, 85 percent of the police officials said security systems decrease the likelihood a home will be burglarized. Almost 90 percent felt security systems increase their chances of apprehending burglars, and 85 percent said they encourage the installation of electronic security systems in residences and businesses in their communities.****
