International Journal on Criminology Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2015 | Page 105

Burglaries in France
was the lowest rate for all accommodation groups. For groups A2, A3, and A4, the
proportions of households that reported having been victims of burglary, attempted
burglary, or theft without forced entry during the two years preceding the survey are
estimated, respectively, at 5.1%, 4.5%, and 5.3%. However, the differences between
groups A1 and A2 on the one hand and A3 and A4 on the other are not statistically
significant (see table A3 in the appendices).
The groupings produced bring out a distinction between apartments and
other homes, as well as a graduation according to the accommodation’s surface
area. This typology is relatively faithfully illustrated by figure 2, which is based on
the MCA for the accommodation variables. Victimhood rates appear significantly
higher for individual and large accommodation than for multifamily housing. The
characterization of groups in terms of number of security devices is made difficult by
the simultaneous presence of non-equipped and highly equipped accommodation in
group A4. As such, we cannot comment on the link between the number of devices
and the rate of victimhood.
Figure 5: Types of accommodation, and proportions and rates of victimhood
Source: “Cadre de Vie et Sécurité” survey, 2007–2014,Insee-ONDRP, authors’ calculations
Field: ordinary households, mainland France, rate of victimhood over two years
Finally, the third classification provides a grouping of households according to
three neighborhood categories detailed in table 2.
It is within the category N3—households living in a downtown area—that we
find the lowest rate of victimhood. A total of 4.5% of these households reported that
they had been victims. In group N2, 4.7% of households reported having been victims
of burglary, attempted burglary, or thefts without forced entry in the course of the
surveys conducted between 2007 and 2014. 5.4% of households in group N3 said that
they had been victims; this rate is not significantly different from that of group N2.
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