Breaking and entering is defined as the crime of illegally entering a residence or other enclosed property using any amount of force (even pushing open an unlocked door). If criminal intent can be established, breaking and entering can be considered a burglary, a felony in most U.S. jurisdictions. If there is no criminal intent, breaking and entering can be considered trespassing, which is usually a misdemeanor crime.
Breaking or Entering, for UCR purposes, is defined as the unlawful entry of a structure with intent to commit a serious crime or theft.
Breaking or entering accounted for 22.0 percent of all nonviolent crimes and 18.5 percent of the total crime index.
Forty-four percent of persons arrested for breaking or entering in 2000 were white males, 54 percent were 21 years of age or younger; 47 percent were fl males, 53 percent of those were 21 years of age or younger.
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