the national burglary clearance rate is
If the national clearance rate for burglary is only 12.6% (and in the single digits in some Texas cities), then punishing the few burglars who're caught more harshly makes only a small dent in crime.he national clearance rate for serious crimes in 2006 - i.e., the percentage of reported crimes solved, by police according to the new Uniform Crime Report-seems awfully low to me: