International Journal on Criminology Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2015 | Page 47

International Journal on Criminology
Between 2008 and 2009, the rate of home thefts and attempted thefts with forced
entry rose slightly by 0.1 offenses per hundred households. According to the
statements of households, it was established at 1.6 home thefts and attempted thefts
with forced entry per hundred households, for an estimated number of 430,000
victimizations. In 2008, the rate of 1.5 home thefts and attempted thefts with
forced entry per hundred households allowed an estimation of fewer than 405,000
victimizations. The variation over one year is not significant.
The victimization rate per hundred households in 2008 was significantly inferior to
those of the preceding two years, 1.8 home thefts and attempted thefts with forced
entry in 2006, and 1.7 in 2007, for an estimated volumes of more than 470,000
victimizations in 2006 and approximately 455,000 in 2007 (Rapport annuel,
ONDRP 2010).
In January 2012, in the annual newsletter on crime recorded in 2011, the ONDRP
presented an accentuation of the rise in reported cases:
In 2011, almost 202,000 cambriolages de locaux d’habitations principales were
recorded by the police forces. This number increased very rapidly over one year:
+17.1% compared to 2010 (+29,501 reported cases). In 2008, the number was
at less than 152,000 reported cases. In three years, it grew by 33.1% (+50,261
reported cases). From 1996 to 2010, the annual number of cambriolages de locaux
d’habitations principales recorded was never greater than two hundred thousand. It
approached this level in 2002, a year in which more than 195,000 cambriolages de
locaux d’habitations principales (3.3 per thousand inhabitants). This rate dropped
regularly until 2007 and 2008. It reached 2.4‰ at the time, a decrease of 0.9 points
compared to 2002. Between 2008 and 2011, the number of reported cases of home
thefts with forced entry per thousand inhabitants passed from 2.4‰ to 3.2‰. In
2011, the rate returned to a level very close to the one in 2002 (Bulletin annuel,
ONDRP 2012).
And in the next annual report, in November 2012, for the first time, the rates of home
thefts and attempted thefts with forced entry per 100 households, estimated based on the
results of the Cadre de vie et sécurité victimization survey by INSEE-ONDRP, was significantly
higher, even “very significantly”:
In 2011, the number of home thefts and attempted thefts with forced entry was
estimated to be more than six hundred thousand, or 2.2 per hundred households.
This rate is very significantly higher than those of the previous four years, in
particular compared to the rate in 2010, or 1.7 home thefts and attempted thefts
with forced entry per hundred households (Rapport annuel, ONDRP 2012).
When comparing the results of the French national victimization survey and the
number crime recorded by the police forces between 2006 and 2011, it could be noticed
that:
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