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The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines burglary as the unlawful entry
of a structure to commit a felony or theft. To classify an offense as a burglary,
the use of force to gain entry need not have occurred. The Program has three subclassifications
for burglary: forcible entry, unlawful entry where no force is used, and attempted
forcible entry. The UCR definition of "structure" includes, for example, apartment,
barn, house trailer or houseboat when used as a permanent dwelling, office, railroad
car (but not automobile), stable, and vessel (i.e., ship).
Overview
- In 2005, law enforcement agencies reported an estimated 2,154,126 burglary offenses-a
0.5-percent increase compared with 2004 data.
- An examination of 5- and 10-year trends revealed a 1.8-percent increase in the number
of burglaries compared with the 2001 estimate, and a 14.1-percent decline from the
1996 number.
- Burglary accounted for 21.2 percent of the estimated number of property crimes committed
in 2005. (Based on Table 1.)
- The average dollar loss per burglary offense in 2005 was $1,725.
- Of all burglary offenses in 2005, 65.8 percent were of residential structures.
- Most (62.4 percent) of residential burglaries in 2005 for which time of occurrence
was known took place during the day, between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Based on Table 23.)
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Among burglaries of nonresidential structures when time of occurrence was known,
58.0 percent occurred at night.
Expanded Burglary Data
Expanded offense data are the details of the various offenses that the Program collects
beyond the count of how many crimes law enforcement agencies report. These details
may include the type of weapons used in a crime, type or value of items stolen,
and so forth. In addition, expanded data include trends (for example, 2-year comparisons)
and rates per 100,000 inhabitants.
For more detailed information see the
FBI website
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