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2020: 266 crimes against property handled by Leicester law enforcement

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Leicester law enforcement officers grappled with 266 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 22 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, false impersonation was the most popular crime handled by the Leicester office.

Officers in Leicester were involved in 330 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 Leicester in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings14
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes4
Damage or vandalisms23
Embezzlements2
Obtaining property by false pretenses29
Credit card and atm frauds1
False impersonations119
Pocket picking offences2
Purse snatchings1
Shopliftings19
Thefts from building6
Thefts from motor vehicle5
Larcenies30
Motor vehicle thefts4
Stolen property offenses7

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