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Crime Statistics
According to the FBI Crime Clock, the following
crimes occur in the United States:
- One Murder every 33.9 minutes
- One Violent Crime every 22.1 seconds
- One Forcible Rape every 5.8 minutes
- One Aggravated Assault every 34.6 seconds
- One Robbery every 1.3 minutes
- One Crime Index Offense every 2.7 seconds
- One Burglary every 15.4 seconds
- One Motor Vehicle Theft every 27.1 seconds
- One Property Crime every 3.1 seconds
- One Larceny-theft ever 4.5 seconds
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Fire Statistics:
Source: NFPA
- Home fires
are the fifth leading unintentional cause of injury and death
in the United States, behind motor vehicle crashes, falls, poisoning
by solids or liquids, and drowning.
- Home fires
rank as the first cause of death for children under the age of
15 at home.
- Roughly 80
percent of all fire deaths occur where people sleep, such as in
homes, dormitories, barracks, or hotels. The majority of fatal
fires occur when people are likely to be less alert, such as nighttime
sleeping hours.
- In 1995,
3,640 people died in reported home fires in the United States
- roughly 10 people per day. In addition, thousands of people
were injured in home fires, many hospitalized for severe burns;
some disfigured for life. Victims are disproportionately children
or elderly.
- Two of every
five fires that kill young children are started by children playing
with fire.
- Approximately
900 older adults die in fires annually.
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Smoke Alarm
Statistics
Source: NFPA - Facts & Figures from NFPA's U.S. Experience
with Smoke Alarms and Other Fire Alarms
- NFPA estimates
that 94% of U.S. homes have at least one smoke alarm, and most
states have laws requiring them in residential dwellings.
- 15 of every
16 homes (94%) in the US have at least one smoke alarm.
- One-half
of home fire deaths occur in the 6% of homes with no smoke alarms.
Homes with smoke alarms (whether or not they are operational)
typically have a death rate that is 40-50% less than the rate
for homes without alarms.
- In three
of every 10 reported fires in homes equipped with smoke alarms,
the devices did not work. Households with non-working smoke alarms
now outnumber those with no smoke alarms.
- Fire deaths
and property loss in the United States have been on the decline
for 25 years, partly because of the use of smoke alarms and automatic
fire sprinkler systems and increased public awareness of how to
prevent fires.
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