Australian Residential Crime Statistics

For the majority of homeowners buying a home is the largest financial commitment in their lives. Undoubtedly many hours would have been spent viewing countless properties before finding that ideal home. Then surely protecting that home with the right security equipment should be just as important.  Wouldn’t you agree?

Statistics show that in Australia someone is burgled just about every minute. According to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics only 5% of break and enter crimes are solved by the police, so the chance of recovering your stolen possessions is close to zero.

The best you can do is try to keep the burglars out.

* From statistics compiled by ABS based on figures provided by State and Territory police organisations.

• Home burglary is a common experience Four in ten Australians (38 per cent) have experienced a burglary at some time
• 14% Of Australian families have been the victim of a break and enter at their current address
• Homes fitted with alarms continue to prove a less likely target for burglars
• It has been determined that 80% of break-ins occur through the front door.
• About 16% are through windows.
• 3% are via roof accesses
• 44% of families said they were more apprehensive or uneasy about leaving their homes to go on holidays in case they are robbed while they are away
• 80% of home burglaries occur in homes where no alarm of any kind is installed
• 62% of all thefts included items stolen from outside the home
• 40% of reported theft takes place from garden sheds and garages
• 65% of reported thefts occur Australia-wide in homes with door deadlocks fitted
• Only 5% of break-ins occur in homes where a monitored alarm is installed
• One In Ten Australians lack security measures of any kind in their home

***Key findings from the 2003 AAMI Home Security Index***

  Don’t become one of these statistics
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Don’t wait until it happens to you!