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After many years of declining, burglary rates have stabilized.
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- Note: The
National Crime Victimization Survey redesign was implemented in 1993; the area
- with the lighter shading is before the redesign
and the darker area after the redesign. The data before 1993 are adjusted
to make them comparable with data collected since the redesign. The
adjustment methods are described in Criminal
Victimization 1973-95. Estimates for 1993 and beyond
are based on collection year while earlier estimates are based on data
year. For additional information about the methods used, see Criminal
Victimization 2005.
- Source:
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
- Ongoing since 1972, this
survey of households interviews about 134,000 persons age 12 and older in 77,200 households each year about their victimizations from
crime.
Household burglary
- Unlawful or forcible entry or attempted entry of a residence. This crime
usually, but not always, involves theft. The illegal entry may be by force,
such as breaking a window or slashing a screen, or may be without force
by entering through an unlocked door or an open window. As long as the person
entering has no legal right to be present in the structure a burglary has
occurred. Furthermore, the structure need not be the house itself for a
burglary to take place; illegal entry of a garage, shed, or any other structure
on the premises also constitutes household burglary. If breaking and entering
occurs in a hotel or vacation residence, it is still classified as a burglary
for the household whose member or members were staying there at the time
the entry occurred. |
