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Home security gives you many things to consider. There are many different kinds of home security systems, and many different devices that you may want to use, or may not want to spend money on. In a perfect world we could all spend any amount of money on home security that we wished and be able to afford all the latest devices. However, in the real world everyone is on a budget. You should purchase the home security devices that are the most effective for your home.

A loud audible alarm is often desired because it may deter a criminal once he is inside. Security that catches the criminal after he has done damage is good, but anything that prevents him from doing damage in the first place, or continuing to do damage, is even better. You can also consider infrared sensors that will detect body heat. If the intruder gets past all of your security, then you can use recordings of him to help catch him later and prosecute.

An alarm system that notifies the proper authorities is very important. If you are not home you will not hear the alarm, and even if you get a message on your cell phone or palm computer from the alarm system, if it were to contact the authorities directly it would save time. When someone is in your home or trying to break into your home, time is one of the biggest factors.

Wireless home security is often the easiest and best way to protect your home. Pinnacle Security is the leader in wireless home security. Wireless systems allow the coordination of several devices and systems that can be easily controlled from a central unit. You can even tie together your home security systems with fire and carbon monoxide detection. Because wireless systems make securing your home so much easier it increases the chance that you will actually use it on a daily basis. It doesn’t matter how good your security system is if you find it too difficult and confusing to use every day. Pinnacle Security can help you find the wireless devices you want, and provide them at prices much lower than you might expect.

Listed below are a few of the FBI home burglary stats for 2005.

• In 2005, law enforcement agencies reported an estimated burglary offenses-a 0.5-percent increase compared with 2004 data.
• Burglary accounted for 21.2 percent of the estimated number of property crimes committed in 2005.
• The average dollar loss per burglary offense in 2005 was $1,725.
• Of all burglary offenses in 2005, 65.8 percent were of residential structures.
• Most (62.4 percent) 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 percent occurred at night.

Washington , D.C.-Data from the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2006

The FBI collected the national preliminary data from 11,723 law enforcement agencies that submitted at least 6 months of offense data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program in both 2005 and 2006.

Statistics from the annual report include the following information regarding Violent Crime:

• By violent crime category, robbery offenses increased 6.0 percent and murder and nonnegligent manslaughter increased 0.3 percent. The number of forcible rapes decreased 1.9 percent, and aggravated assaults were down 0.7 percent.
• By city population group, violent crime offenses increased when compared with data from the previous year. Increases in violent crime were the greatest (3.2 percent) in cities with populations of 250,000 to 499,999 inhabitants and in those cities with 25,000 to 49,999 people.The largest increase in murder offenses occurred in cities with populations of 1,000,000 or more, 6.7 percent. In contrast, murders decreased 11.9 percent in nonmetropolitan counties.
• Forcible rape offenses decreased in all but two population groups. These offenses increased 2.2 percent in cities with 50,000 to 99,999 persons and 1.0 percent in cities with 10,000 to 24,999 inhabitants.
• Robbery offenses increased in each population group except nonmetropolitan counties, where these offenses were down 0.8 percent.
• Aggravated assault offenses decreased 2.3 percent in cities with 500,000 to 999,999 inhabitants, the greatest decrease among the city population groups. These offenses declined 5.4 percent in the nonmetropolitan counties.

Three of the Nation’s four geographic regions had increases in violent crimes from 2005 to 2006. The Northeast was the exception as the number of violent crimes remained virtually unchanged (-0.1 percent) from the previous year.

Statistics from the annual report include the following information regarding property crime:

• For 2006, property crime decreased 2.9 percent when compared with 2005 data. Motor vehicle theft offenses dropped 4.7 percent and larceny-theft offenses were down 3.5 percent. Burglary offenses increased slightly (0.2 percent).
• Property crime decreased in all of the Nation’s city population groups, ranging from a 3.4-percent decline in cities with populations of 100,000 to 499,999 persons to a 2.1-percent decrease in cities with 500,000 to 999,999 inhabitants.
• Nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties also had declines in property crime, down 4.2 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively, when 2005 data were compared with 2006 reports.
• Motor vehicle theft and larceny-theft decreased in all of the Nation’s population groups.
• For burglary, nonmetropolitan counties had the greatest decrease (4.6 percent) among the population groups, and cities with 500,000 to 999,999 inhabitants had the greatest increase (3.3 percent).
• Three of the four regions saw decreases in reports of property crime from 2005 to 2006. However, property crimes were virtually unchanged (+0.1 percent) in the Midwest.
• By offense type, each region experienced declines in the number of larceny-thefts and motor vehicle thefts.
• Arson offenses, which are tracked separately from other property crime offenses, increased 1.8 percent from the previous year’s number. All population groups had increases in arson offenses except for cities with populations of 250,000 to 499,999 inhabitants (- 3.4 percent) and those cities with 100,000 to 249,999 persons (-0.8 percent).

More comprehensive statistics will be available in September 2007 when the FBI publishes Crime in the United States , 2006, on its UCR Web site.