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Potosi enforcement officers handle 365 crimes against property in 2020

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Potosi law enforcement officers grappled with 365 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 30 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 Potosi office.

Officers in Potosi were involved in 898 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 Potosi in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons5
Burglaries, breaking and enterings36
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes23
Damage or vandalisms62
Embezzlements1
Credit card and atm frauds11
False impersonations3
Identity thefts3
Shopliftings42
Thefts from building53
Thefts from coin operated machine or device1
Thefts from motor vehicle19
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories19
Larcenies68
Motor vehicle thefts18
Stolen property offenses1

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