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Enforcement officers in Albemarle County Police Department deal with 2,368 crimes against property in 2020

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Albemarle County Police Department law enforcement officers grappled with 2,368 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals six per day 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 Albemarle County Police Department office.

Officers in Albemarle County Police Department were involved in 3,906 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 Albemarle County Police Department in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons7
Briberies1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings116
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes37
Damage or vandalisms573
Embezzlements11
Extortions and blackmail offences12
Obtaining property by false pretenses127
Credit card and atm frauds85
False impersonations134
Welfare frauds2
Wire frauds32
Pocket picking offences10
Purse snatchings1
Shopliftings219
Thefts from building75
Thefts from coin operated machine or device1
Thefts from motor vehicle295
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories106
Larcenies424
Motor vehicle thefts73
Robberies13
Stolen property offenses14

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