Important Statistics

(Source Home Office Statistics and AMCO)

Domestic Burglaries 2005  - 440,000 = 2.4% of all properties (but 19% of properties without alarms)

Business Burglaries 2005 - 344,000 = 38% of all business properties

Vehicle Theft from the home 2005 = 7.5%

Vehicle Damage 2005 = 9.5%

NACOSS/SAIB system false alarms attended by police in 2003 = 88% 

AMCO system false alarms attended by police = 2%