: In 2005, law enforcement agencies reported an estimated 2,154,126 burglary offenses-a 0.5-percent increase compared with 2004 data. An examination of 5- and 10-year trends revealed... a 1.8-percent increase in the number of burglaries compared with the 2001 estimate, and a 14.1-percent decline from the 1996 number. Burglary accounted for 21.2 percent... of the estimated number of property crimes committed in 2005. The average dollar loss per burglary offense in 2005 was $1,725. Of all burglary offenses in 2005, 65.8 percent were...