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More than 5,943,985 Missourians call this state home.1 The Show-Me State offers a lot of diversity, from the heights of Taum Sauk Mountain to the St. Francis River, winter lows of 20 to summer highs of 89. With 40.5 inches of annual rainfall, a comfort index rating of 33, air quality of 56.10 and water quality of 73.00, living in Missouri has many advantages.
According to statistics reported by the FBI and the most recent census, the odds of your home being targeted for a home invasion this year are about 1 in 135.1, 2 However, studies have shown that your home is as much as 3 times less likely to experience a home invasion with an alarm system.3 So when you get ADT in Missouri to help protect your family, you lower your chances of being burglarized to approximately 1 in 407.2, 34
3,670 property crimes take place every month in Missouri, 10% above the national average. That is a 0% increase from the year before, or 4 more break-ins every week.2
ADT Missouri helps deter would-be burglars. The U.S. Department of Justice reported that 9 out of 10 burglars targeted homes without security systems4.
Missouri unemployment is currently at 7.40% and this number has been consistent for a few years.1 That means there are over 439,854 people in Missouri who lack a stable source of income.1 Researchers at UC Berkeley conducted a study and found a direct correlation between unemployment and property crime. So it is unlikely that the number of break-ins will decrease anytime soon.5
In Missouri, the average burglar steals $1,903 from each break-in, resulting in approximately $5,292,607 of losses sustained by Missourians each year2. For what you could lose in a single break-in, you can get more than three years of ADT alarm monitoring.1
According to the FBI, 31% of burglaries in Missouri take place during the day, when homeowners are at work.2 Burglars tend to take between 8-10 minutes inside a home, while police take more than 11 minutes in 62% of burglaries, to respond, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Because of this disparity, it is important to help ensure the fastest possible response time.2
Professional alarm monitoring from ADT Missouri helps protect your home at any hour of the day. 93,000 alarms come into ADT's Customer Monitoring Centers daily. ADT also interfaces with 38,000 local law enforcement and response agencies.
Helping to prevent home invasions is not all ADT monitored home security systems can do. Home security systems can also be indispensable in fires and floods.
Winters in Missouri can get coldand when the temperatures drop, pipes can freeze. Leaking water can cause expensive damage to your home. When you add temperature sensors to your ADT monitored security system, they will tell you when temperatures dip below freezing. These sensors will help you take action before pipes freeze, avoiding potential damage.
The National Fire Protection Association reported that fire departments responded to 1.3 million fires in 2010, which is an average of 1 every 24 seconds. More than 80% of these fires were in residential structures, and combined they caused $7.1 billion in property damage. Missouri has 896 fire departments, or 1 for every 2,627 households.8
Missouri only had 98 fire-caused deaths in 2010. However, the annual death rate by fire is still above the national average according to the U.S. Fire Administration.6
Smoke and heat detectors from ADT will automatically notify you of large temperature spikes or if there is smoke present in your home. If the situation requires ADT monitoring professionals can automatically alert the fire department in your area as you evacuate your home.
Help safeguard your home from intrusion, fire, flooding and more with a monitored home alarm system from ADT in Missouri.
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