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619 crimes against property handled by DeSoto officers in 2020

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DeSoto law enforcement officers grappled with 619 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 51 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 DeSoto office.

Officers in DeSoto were involved in 1,908 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 DeSoto in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCESIncidents per month
Arsons30
Burglaries, breaking and enterings635
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes121
Damage or vandalisms121
Embezzlements40
Extortions and blackmail offences30
Obtaining property by false pretenses60
Credit card and atm frauds363
False impersonations524
Welfare frauds20
Identity thefts252
Purse snatchings10
Shopliftings121
Thefts from building221
Thefts from coin operated machine or device10
Thefts from motor vehicle847
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories131
Larcenies12810
Motor vehicle thefts665
Robberies70
Stolen property offenses675

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