Security Systems Statistics (courtesy of the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association):
• Homes that do not have clearly marked alarms systems are about 3 times more likely to be broken into.
• Businesses without alarms are 4.5 times more likely to be burglarized than business with an effective system.
• Even if a burglar does enter a building with a system in place, the average loss is $400 less in well protected homes.
• The vast majority of police enforcement agencies believe that burglary alarm systems deter the event of an intrusion.
• 94% of alarm system owners are satisfied with their alarm systems.
• 81% of residential intrusions occur on the first floor.
• 12% of burglaries occur due to an unlocked entrance.
• 41% of alarmed homes that are burglarized occur because the alarm system was not armed.
• In past years, an average of 16 people die each year due to being trapped in a burning home that is using a burglar bar to help prevent intrusion.