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How many crimes against property did Watertown enforcement officers grapple with in 2020?

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Watertown law enforcement officers grappled with 883 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 73 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 Watertown office.

Officers in Watertown were involved in 1,902 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 Watertown in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons2
Burglaries, breaking and enterings62
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes19
Damage or vandalisms222
Embezzlements5
Extortions and blackmail offences4
Obtaining property by false pretenses44
Credit card and atm frauds24
False impersonations80
Welfare frauds1
Shopliftings73
Thefts from building77
Thefts from coin operated machine or device4
Thefts from motor vehicle94
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories13
Larcenies113
Motor vehicle thefts29
Robberies2
Stolen property offenses15

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