[MIsunshine]

"Not only is crime up in England, the criminals are bolder. 53% of burgaries in England occur while the vicim is at home. By contrast, only 13% of US burglars strike while the victim is at home."

I'd like to use your statistics the next time I write my gun grabbing elected officials, but I'd like to quote the source. Your source is?

I'll look for it tomorrow -- I'm headed to bed.

[xm177e2]

I don't know where he gets his statistics, but the best place to look is the GOA fact sheet on the web (it's huge).

You can also search the web for crime statistics, look specifically for "hot" burglaries (that's when someone is home at the time of the burglary)

[xlib]

The linked article by Dave Kopel mentions the "burglary gap", but doesn't reference a source. I've seen it several times, but this is the only one I can put my hands on at the moment. Maybe Kopel can provide the reference.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment061400a.html

[xlib]

http://www.tsra.com/Lott16.htm
Here's another mention of the topic, by John Lott. Again, the data source is not given, but Lott is a very thorough researcher. Try his book, "More Guns, Less Crime."

Or, as xm177e2 suggests, search the web for "hot burglaries" (the Lott article was the result of a Google search.)