What Are the Key Burglary Statistics for 2022 and 2023?

Burglary continues to be a major concern for Americans, and the FBI’s extensive crime database tracks such data in the United States, providing eye-opening insights into burglary statistics and home invasion data.

In 2022, 847,522 burglaries were reported to the FBI, while 239,137 counts happened during the day at the victim’s residence, and 184,846 counts happened at night at the victim’s residence. (FBI Crime Data)
In 2022, total stolen property value in the U.S. was estimated at $463,576,405,747, with only $38,983,319,655 of that value recovered. (FBI Crime Data)
Between the first half of 2022 and the first half of 2023, residential burglary rates dropped by 3.8 percent, as reported by the Council on Criminal Justice. (Council on Criminal Justice)
Homes without a security system are 300 percent more likely to be burglarized. (Alarms.org)
50 percent of burglars live within two miles of their target residence. (ADT)
The average loss from a home burglary is approximately $2,661, as per SafeWise statistics. (SafeWise)
Most burglaries occur in the summer. (Department of Justice)
Approximately 60 percent of burglars said they would seek an alternative target if an alarm system were on-site at their initial target. (UNC Charlotte)
41 percent of burglaries are spur-of-the-moment, while 12 percent are planned in advance. (UNC Charlotte)
Both men and women are at nearly-equal risk of being the victim of burglary, with men slightly more at risk (54 percent of burglary victims are men). (FBI Crime Data)