Reply #42: It does happen [View All]

[Tindalos]

just not to anyone I know personally. I tried to find some statistics on home invasions, but the police don't appear to keep track of those as a separate crime. They seem to be lumped in with robberies, break and enters, etc. The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics estimates the rate is between 9 in 100,000 to 23 in 100,000 population, based on statistics from 1995 - 2000.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85F0027XIE/85F0027XIE2002002.pdf


I think it is one of those things that doesn't happen very often but, like child abductions by strangers, it does happen and people feel very strongly about it. A "once is too often" type of occurrence, given the impact it has.