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Table 1: ACPO Intruder Alarm Statistics – 1996-2005 Ten Year Comparison
Type of System or Alarm	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Remote systems	772,453	810,796	844,479	838,275	936,620	949,062	1,001,565	1,114,589	1,162,669	1,181,599
False alarms	1,052,538	1,017,427	903,661	867,601	921,640	871,189	602,813	529,829	428,062	368,105
False alarms per installation	1.36	1.25	1.07	1.03	0.98	0.92	0.6	0.47	0.39	0.33
Genuine alarms	96,130	85,193	73,430	84,569	103,052	97,232	69,927	70,804	40,374	40,442
Alarm activations resulting in arrest(s)	6,564	5,396	4,819	4,859	4,885	4,568	3,470	3,481	3,191	1,900
Total number of persons arrested	8,947	7,523	6,748	6,231	5,406	5,739	4,939	4,596	4,158	2,671