National Home Invasion Figures

Fifteen years ago, home intruders were usually indicted with murder, robbery, assault and many other crimes. However, there was never a classification described as “home invasion”, let alone get statistics on Home Invasion. With the increasing occurrence of home invasion, people began to recognize their own home security. Until 1955, the FBI also took notice of the crime and many politicians were trying to make home invasion a federal crime.

With the development of high technologies applied in alarm system and the execution of some new security measures, it made invaders difficult to take their action just aimed at bank and stores robbery. However, it is not so easy to make them gave up absolutely. They tried every possible to find out easier targets: Home. At that time for almost a year, the general robbery has been decreased, but home invasion has actually been increased steadily. Burglars thought home as their easy target without too many risks. They just need to do some “homework” before they decide to take their action. They stroll around the community and survey neighborhoods to look for homes where the house owners are not in, the windows or doors are not locked, and there are not any signs of being protected by a home security system.

Over the last decade, residents have taken more notice to home invasion and there appears more statistics that can warn you how dangerous your home may be.

•  There are totally more than 2 million burglaries happened last year.

•  As research investigated, about 21% of people who are the victim of home invasion were acquaintances with their invaders.

•   About 11% of people reported that they found their home intruder was a relative, a friend, or someone they did business with.

• lAbout 47% of people who experienced home invasion suffered physical injury.

In spite of the statistics of home invasion and reports on the newspaper every day, many people still don’t have home security systems in their houses. There are a lot of security companies who can provide the expensive or not so expensive home security systems across the nation. As so many alarm companies can provide you many different system technologies, it is difficult to choose which company is best for you and many house owners do not know where to start. It is a good idea to talk with the representatives from the home security companies about the prices and products when you are doing your research.

There are still many home improvement projects which can help you keep your house safer other than the home security systems. However, it should be installed according to your own lifestyle.