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General Information
Theft is a major problem that is costing the general public, businesses, insurance companies and law enforcement departments billions of dollars each year. Click here to find your state's crime statistics.
Current findings show:
- A burglary occurs every 11 seconds in the U.S.
- A computer is stolen every 43 seconds in the U.S.
- Theft of antiques and collectables worldwide is reported to be valued over $30 billion annually.
- Studies estimate employee theft and dishonesty cost U.S. businesses between $60 billion and $120 billion per year.
- Insurance fraud is reported to be a $30 billion problem in America alone.
- It is reported that for every 1,000 students there are 79 thefts in a school.
- In 1999 it was reported that 201,428 bicycles were stolen, however it is estimated that this amount is closer to 1 million as most stolen bicycles are not reported.
- In 2000 it was reported that 5400 thefts of heavy equipment occurred.
- A vehicle is stolen every 7 seconds with total losses valued at $7.8 billion annually.
- Marine theft is estimated to be at $40 million per year, however a figure of over $100 million is more realistic. Unfortunately no agency keeps an up to date record on marine theft, however it is estimated that up to 27,000 marine thefts occur each year.
DataDot USA has been fighting theft in the USA, Canada and Mexico over the past 10 years with two very unique security products that have been proven to reduce the chance of a theft from occurring by over 90%.
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