Home invasion stats alarming....

[shephard19]

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/offenses/property_crime/burglary.html

In 2008 there were 2,222,196 burgleries commited, thats about 2 burglaries per about 330 people, given the likely population of the U.S., and those are the ones cops know about, granted though I suspect many of these burglaries were committed in a concentrated areas.

 

[cbrgator]

It's not that alarming. The burglary rate has been relatively unchanged for the entire decade. In fact, it was radically higher in the 80's and 90's than the 2000's.

 

[GRIZ22]

Your title is misleading.

I think you're confusing "Burglary" with "Home Invasion". Burglary is when the BG enters (with or without brakeing anything) to commit a felony or theft. These include stats of daytime burglaries (when most residental burglaries occur). A "Home Invasion" is in fact a robbery where threat of use of force by the BG is made.

Using the FBI definition, all home invasions are burglaries but not all burglaries are home invasions.

 

[sonier]

point is, its scary

 

[Fred Fuller]

It's pretty sickening if it happens to you. Much like any sort of crime...

Prevention is still the best cure. We've talked about 'house hardening' often enough that it shouldn't require a repeat here.

lpl