• There were an estimated 2.2 million burglaries in 2002.
• Losses due to burglary totaled an estimated $3.3 billion in 2002.
• The majority of burglaries, 65.8 percent, were residential in nature, and 61.7 percent of these occurred during daytime hours.
• Most nonresidential burglaries, 57.7 percent, occurred at night.
• A burglary was reported every 14 seconds in the U.S. in 2002.
• In 2002, the South, which makes up 35.8 percent of the U.S. population, experienced an estimated 44.8 percent of the Nation’s burglaries.
• Homes without monitored security systems are about three times more likely to be broken into than homes with security systems. (Source: STAT Resources, Inc.)
• 90 percent of police believe alarms deter burglary attempts. (Source: STAT Resources, Inc.)

• Home fires are the fifth leading unintentional cause of injury and death in the United States. About 85% of all fire deaths occurred in home fires.
• Home fires rank as the first leading cause of death for children under the age of 15 at home.
• One half of home fire deaths occur in the 6% of homes with no smoke alarms.
• Homes with smoke alarms typically have a death rate that is 40-50% less than the rate for homes without alarms.
• In three of every 10 reported fires in homes equipped with smoke alarms, the devices did not work. (We recommend testing all types of smoke detectors every thirty days or once per month.)