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1,621 crimes against property handled by Whitfield officers in 2020

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Whitfield law enforcement officers grappled with 1,621 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 135 per month in 2020.

Crimes against property include larcenies, obtaining property by false pretenses, shopliftings, thefts from motor vehicle, burglaries, breaking and enterings and damage or vandalisms.

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, larceny was the most popular crime handled by the Whitfield office.

Officers in Whitfield were involved in 3,046 incidents throughout the year.

The NIBRS was designed to provide detail and context around crime stats. Under the previous system, only the most serious crime related to an incident would be logged. If an incident involved a homicide as well as aggravated assault and theft, only a homicide would be recorded in criminal statistics.

It is used by law enforcement at all levels, from local to federal.

Crimes against property offenses in Whitfield in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons2
Burglaries, breaking and enterings204
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes64
Damage or vandalisms288
Embezzlements1
Extortions and blackmail offences4
Obtaining property by false pretenses59
Credit card and atm frauds54
False impersonations22
Wire frauds7
Identity thefts22
Hackings and computer invasions1
Pocket picking offences1
Shopliftings209
Thefts from building31
Thefts from coin operated machine or device3
Thefts from motor vehicle94
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories11
Larcenies408
Motor vehicle thefts111
Robberies7
Stolen property offenses18

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