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"Is an Alarm System Really Necessary?"

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Every 10 Seconds a Home is burglarized.*

There were 18.3 million property crimes in 2001 in the U.S.*

Burglaries in 2001 in the U.S. totaled an estimated $3.3 billion in losses.** 

Burglaries account for 17.8% of all crime in the U.S.**

The average loss for a residential burglary is $1,381.**

*Dept of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics 2001

**FBI Crime Index Report 2001