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1,091 crimes against property handled by Waynesville officers in 2020

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Waynesville law enforcement officers grappled with 1,091 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 90 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, shoplifting was the most popular crime handled by the Waynesville office.

Officers in Waynesville were involved in 1,745 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 Waynesville in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons5
Burglaries, breaking and enterings83
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes17
Damage or vandalisms161
Embezzlements9
Obtaining property by false pretenses62
Credit card and atm frauds12
False impersonations18
Wire frauds2
Identity thefts5
Pocket picking offences2
Purse snatchings2
Shopliftings398
Thefts from building38
Thefts from coin operated machine or device3
Thefts from motor vehicle36
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories4
Larcenies160
Motor vehicle thefts34
Robberies4
Stolen property offenses36

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