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How many crimes against property did Dougherty County Police Department enforcement officers grapple with in 2020?

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Dougherty County Police Department law enforcement officers grappled with 418 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 34 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, damage or vandalism was the most popular crime handled by the Dougherty County Police Department office.

Officers in Dougherty County Police Department were involved in 579 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 Dougherty County Police Department in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings65
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes9
Damage or vandalisms112
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses3
Credit card and atm frauds6
False impersonations19
Wire frauds1
Shopliftings2
Thefts from building12
Thefts from motor vehicle67
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories9
Larcenies55
Motor vehicle thefts51
Robberies3
Stolen property offenses3

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