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You think you don't need home security system. Think Again?

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Do you need a home security system, you may be persuaded of this once you look at these shocking home security statistics? Most people feel very secure in their homes until they are the victim of a home invasion.


Listed below are some basic crime and burglary statistics. After seeing some of these facts, it may change your mind about owning a home security system.
  • According to the FBI, a burglary occurs every 15 seconds.
  • More than 1.4 million home invasions occurred in 2005 and every year that number continues to rise.
  • Property crime accounts for a little more than three-quarters of all crime in the United States. Burglary makes up 21.2 % of the estimated number of property crimes that were committed in the U.S. in 2005.
  • A home without a security or alarm system is 2.7 to 3.5 times likely to be a target than a home that has a system installed.
  • More than 60% of residential burglaries take place during the day between the hours of 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM.
  • 90% of police believe having a monitored home alarm system prevents home invasion attempts.
  • Nine out of ten convicted burglars said they would avoid a house protected by a home security system.
If burglars target your neighborhood and find some houses with alarm systems and other homes without, you can bet they will try and break in to a home that is not protected by a security system. Posting a company’s notification sign for an alarm system is frequently enough to cause a burglar to try elsewhere.

The table below contains the data reported in 2008 for the states that have the highest burglary rates per 100,000 residents.1
Rank State Total burglaries
1 North Carolina 1201.1
2 Arkansas 1,180.0
3 New Mexico 1,094.2
4 Alabama 1,081.3
5 Tennessee 1,046.0
6 Georgia 1,038.9
7 Florida 1,028.3
8 South Carolina 1,026.1
9 Louisiana 982.1
10 Oklahoma 963.1
11 Texas 946.0
12 Nevada 929.0
13 Ohio 892.8
14 Mississippi 885.6
15 Arizona 868.9
16 Washington 801.3
17 Missouri 774.5
18 Delaware 774.3
19 Indiana 762.8
20 Michigan 741.5
21 Hawaii 728.1
22 Kansas 699.9
23 Maryland 689.6
24 Kentucky 675.5
25 California 647.1
26 Washington, D.C. 640.0
Rank State Total burglaries
27 Illinois 612.1
28 West Virginia 609.9
29 Colorado 572.0
30 Massachusetts 555.5
31 Vermont 557.2
32 Oregon 550.9
33 Iowa 547.9
34 Rhode Island 547.2
35 Utah 536.5
36 Minnesota 505.9
37 Maine 495.4
38 Nebraska 492.0
39 Wisconsin 488.3
40 Alaska 472.1
41 Pennsylvania 470.9
42 New Jersey 465.3
43 Idaho 439.8
44 Connecticut 428.7
45 Virginia 411.8
46 Wyoming 410.0
47 Montana 344.4
48 New York 337.3
49 North Dakota 328.3
50 New Hampshire 325.7
51 South Dakota 302.2
1The Disaster Center for FEMA, compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States National Crime Statistics, 2008
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