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Originally Posted by edslunch
1 million home invasions in the US is about 301 per 100,000. Canada's rate is 23 per 100,000 and has been steady for a number of years. These stats may not be up to date - there's not a lot of data online - but they still show a massive difference between the two countries. This helps explain to me the difference in attitudes (i.e. fear) that we see.
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To me, it makes more sense if put in the context of households rather than per capita, and from what I see the US has about 131M households, so the rate is 1 home invasion per 131 households each year. Assuming all those figures are correct, that's pretty nuts.