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Enforcement officers in Waynesboro deal with 789 crimes against property in 2020

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Waynesboro law enforcement officers grappled with 789 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 65 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 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 property offenses in Waynesboro in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons6
Burglaries, breaking and enterings33
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes23
Damage or vandalisms150
Embezzlements14
Extortions and blackmail offences2
Obtaining property by false pretenses73
Credit card and atm frauds24
Wire frauds1
Shopliftings56
Thefts from building19
Thefts from motor vehicle77
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories28
Larcenies241
Motor vehicle thefts33
Robberies6
Stolen property offenses3

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