There are five basic types of burglars: Opportunity, Smashers, Prowlers and Targeted and Complete Burglars. This article covers each category of burglar, and how to watch out for them. To read the article click the link below:
The Five Types of Burglars – California Chronicle
Here is a funny news story you may have heard about. A Washington man heard burglars in his house. He went outside to find their van, running. The rest is Darwin Awards history:
“Patrick Rosario was working in his basement last Tuesday when two burglars broke down the front door. When he saw them pulling out his TV, he ducked out the back door while calling 911.”
“He got to the driveway, saw their getaway van was running, and jumped in.”
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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.
