FBI Home Burglary Stats

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.