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Enforcement officers in Spirit Lake deal with 122 crimes against property in 2020

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Spirit Lake law enforcement officers grappled with 122 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 10 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 Spirit Lake office.

Officers in Spirit Lake were involved in 246 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 Spirit Lake in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings19
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes8
Damage or vandalisms19
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses3
Credit card and atm frauds2
False impersonations2
Shopliftings14
Thefts from building18
Thefts from coin operated machine or device1
Thefts from motor vehicle4
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories4
Larcenies20
Motor vehicle thefts7

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