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1998 CRIME IN TEXAS INDEX CRIME ANALYSIS
BURGLARY
DEFINITION
Burglary, for Uniform Crime Reporting purposes, Burglary Offenses 1984
1998
is the unlawful entry of a structure with the intent
to commit a felony or a theft. While the Thousands
use of force to gain entry is not required to 400
classify an offense as burglary, attempted forci
350 .Ir .
ble entries to commit burglary are counted in 300 .........
this crime's statistics. 250
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The estimated number of burglaries committed
in Texas in 1998 was 194,872--this number
represents a 3 percent decrease when compared Nature
with the number of crimes in 1997. More
burglaries were committed, in Texas, in July than Of all reported burglaries in 1998, 67 percent ocin
any other month. The month with the fewest curred at residences. Forcible entry accounted
burglaries was February. for 65 percent of all burglaries, while 31 percent
were unlawful entries without force and the reRate
mainder were forcible entry attempts. Of the offenses
for which the time of occurrence was
The 1998 burglary rate for Texas was 986.2 f o w
known 54 percent were during the day with 46
burglaries for every 100,000 persons. The change
n te b y re fm 17 ws a d e o percent during the night, and the value lost was
in the burglary rate from 1997 was a decrease of
4 .6 percent. greater during the day (59 percent) than at night
4.6 percent. (41 percent).
p18 Thousands__ ____________ 4 Millions of Dollars
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