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2020: 1,124 crimes against property handled by Reidsville law enforcement

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Reidsville law enforcement officers grappled with 1,124 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 93 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 Reidsville office.

Officers in Reidsville were involved in 2,079 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 Reidsville in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings113
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes21
Damage or vandalisms267
Embezzlements7
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses47
Credit card and atm frauds40
False impersonations7
Wire frauds1
Identity thefts2
Hackings and computer invasions2
Pocket picking offences2
Purse snatchings1
Shopliftings216
Thefts from building76
Thefts from coin operated machine or device5
Thefts from motor vehicle70
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories35
Larcenies139
Motor vehicle thefts53
Robberies12
Stolen property offenses7

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