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Enforcement officers in Linn deal with 446 crimes against property in 2020

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Linn law enforcement officers grappled with 446 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 37 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, burglary, breaking and entering was the most popular crime handled by the Linn office.

Officers in Linn were involved in 761 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 Linn in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings103
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes12
Damage or vandalisms98
Obtaining property by false pretenses14
Credit card and atm frauds21
False impersonations16
Wire frauds7
Shopliftings2
Thefts from building31
Thefts from coin operated machine or device1
Thefts from motor vehicle50
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories12
Larcenies36
Motor vehicle thefts37
Stolen property offenses6

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