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2020: 69 crimes against property handled by State Police, Spotsylvania County law enforcement

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State Police, Spotsylvania County law enforcement officers grappled with 69 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals five 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, obtaining property by false pretenses was the most popular crime handled by the State Police, Spotsylvania County office.

Officers in State Police, Spotsylvania County were involved in 116 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 State Police, Spotsylvania County in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes2
Damage or vandalisms3
Obtaining property by false pretenses45
False impersonations5
Identity thefts3
Shopliftings1
Larcenies4
Motor vehicle thefts3
Stolen property offenses3

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