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How do Burglars Enter Your Home?

There are many ways for a burglar to enter your Home or Business. Here is a breakdown of the methods intruders enter homes: 34% Front Door 23% First Floor Window 22% Back Door 9% Garage 4% Basement 2% Storage Area 6% Other

Burglars have a good variety of methods to enter a home. This makes it extremely important for your security system to offer coverage of every entry/exit point in your house. A $99 system might cover your front door and a few windows, but you can see from the statistics above that your house will still be very vulnerable.

Homes without security systems are about 3 times more likely to be broken into, and a burglary occurs somewhere in the United States every 15.4 seconds (FBI). Businesses without Security systems are 4-1/2 times more likely to be robbed than commercial locations with security in place. The average loss of burglary victim amounts to $1,834.

More interesting Burglar Facts:

Burglaries are usually committed when the dwelling is unoccupied.
66.2 percent of Burglaries occur in Homes (FBI 2006)
63.1 percent of residential burglaries took place during the day.
56.7 percent of Commercial burglaries occurred at night.
The rates of burglaries increase in the summer months.