Line chart illustrating the rate of burglary, 1973-2005.

For burglary theft, the rate per 1,000 households began at 110.0 in 1973 and climbed, reaching 111.8 in 1974. Then the rate fell, reaching a low of 27.7 in 2002. Then it fluctuated with a high of 29.8 as it decreased to 29.5 in 2005.