Burglaries in the United States are increasing year after year. The importance of having a quality home alarm security system installed in your home is more significant than ever before. With over 70% of the 2.2 million burglaries occurring in homes, the need to protect your family and belongings has increased tenfold.  Check out the information below for more reasons why you should protect your family with a premium home security system.

The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) releases yearly statistics and the numbers are frightening:

In 2008, there were an estimated 2,222,196 burglaries—an increase of 2.0 percent when compared with 2007 data.

• There was an increase of 3.6 percent in the number of burglaries in 2008 when compared with the 2004 estimate and an increase of 5.8 percent when compared with the 1999 estimate.

• Burglary accounted for 22.7 percent of the estimated number of property crimes committed in 2008.

• Of all burglaries, 61.2 percent involved forcible entry, 32.3 percent were unlawful entries (without force), and the remainder (6.4 percent) were forcible entry attempts.

• Victims of burglary offenses suffered an estimated $4.6 billion in lost property in 2008; overall, the average dollar loss per burglary offense was $2,079.

• Burglaries of residential properties accounted for 70.3 percent of all burglary offenses.

Reference: FBI.gov 

Home Burglar Alarms can be purchased as a DIY (Do It Yourself) project or you can hire professionals to install your system. Most people today are moving toward wireless systems as the installation is often cheaper (free in some cases) and requires little to no actual construction work to your home.

Hard wired home security systems are available and also offer affordable protection. Most systems are discounted substantially when purchased alongside a monitoring contract with a monthly fee.

With home burglary crimes on the rise there has never been a better time than now to purchase an affordable home alarm system.

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