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2020: 356 crimes against persons handled by Waynesboro law enforcement

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Waynesboro law enforcement officers grappled with 356 crimes against persons in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 29 per month in 2020.

Crimes against persons include simple assaults, aggravated assaults, intimidations, kidnappings and abductions, fondling offences and rapes.

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, simple assault was the most popular crime handled by the Waynesboro office.

Officers in Waynesboro were involved in 1,378 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 persons offenses in Waynesboro in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Aggravated assaults33
Simple assaults282
Intimidations6
Murders and nonnegligent manslaughters2
Kidnappings and abductions5
Rapes13
Sodomies3
Sexual assaults with an object1
Fondling offences8
Statutory rapes3

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