Counties Leitrim, Longford and Roscommon are among the counties with the lowest home burglaries.
The 2009 Eircom Phonewatch Burglary report show that more than 3000 euro worth of goods is taken during the average burglary in Ireland
88 percent of burglaries occured when occupants were at home - with one in five burglars gaining entry to homes through the front door.
November is the most lucrative period for burglars accounting for over 10% of all incidents while February, May, July and August recorded the least number of break-ins.
This suggests the cover of darkness in winter is regularly exploited by criminals.
Friday is the day of the week on which homes are most likely to be burgled.
