Home burglary statistics for the US

About 1,040 home burglaries a day reached the FBI's database in 2024. That's 380,116 across the year, out of 677,190 burglaries of every kind, homes and businesses together.

It isn't a national total. Reporting to the FBI's NIBRS system is voluntary, so the real figure is higher. This page uses what was reported: how many, how many were attempts, when they happened, and how the burglar got in.

When they happen

More than half of home burglaries fall between 6am and 6pm. The hour from 1am to 6am accounts for about one in nine.

Time of day in detail, including why the midnight hour looks bigger than it is.

How they get in

184,257 of the 380,116 had no forced entry. That's 48.5%. "Not forced" is the FBI's wording and it includes an unlocked door, an open garage, an unlatched window and a known key. By state, the share runs from 38.5% to 78%.

Where the rate is highest

New Mexico reports about 287 home burglaries per 100,000 residents and New Hampshire about 30. The full state table shows every state with enough reporting.

What's missing

A burglary that gets written down is the visible part. Insurance claims, shed break-ins nobody called in and burglaries in states with patchy reporting aren't here, and no amount of adjusting turns this into a true national count. It's enough to see the shape: more than half of home burglaries happen between 6am and 6pm, about half need no force, and the rate differs enormously between states.

Those three points each have a page of their own, linked above.