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438 crimes against property handled by Botetourt officers in 2020

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Botetourt law enforcement officers grappled with 438 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 36 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 Botetourt office.

Officers in Botetourt were involved in 923 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 Botetourt in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings13
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes16
Damage or vandalisms121
Embezzlements6
Extortions and blackmail offences2
Obtaining property by false pretenses24
Credit card and atm frauds14
False impersonations4
Wire frauds12
Identity thefts11
Hackings and computer invasions1
Purse snatchings1
Shopliftings10
Thefts from building19
Thefts from coin operated machine or device4
Thefts from motor vehicle28
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories18
Larcenies100
Motor vehicle thefts23
Robberies6
Stolen property offenses4

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