In 2010, there were an estimated 2,159,878 burglaries — a decrease of 2.0 percent when compared with 2009 data, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation in its “Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States 2010,” released in September of this year. It’s just one data point of many that comprise a trend of diminishing crime in general.
Crime is one of the top three factors that significantly affect sales of security systems, according to security dealers who participated in SDM’s soon-to-be-released 2012 Industry Forecast Study. Crime and security go hand-in-hand: Higher crime rates spur sales of security systems, dealers believe. Lower crime rates, among other factors, likely are attributable to greater adoption and usage of security systems.