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Enforcement officers in Sumpter Township deal with 103 crimes against property in 2020

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Sumpter Township law enforcement officers grappled with 103 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals eight 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 Sumpter Township office.

Officers in Sumpter Township were involved in 189 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 Sumpter Township in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings17
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes1
Damage or vandalisms31
Obtaining property by false pretenses12
Credit card and atm frauds1
Identity thefts4
Purse snatchings1
Thefts from building1
Thefts from motor vehicle4
Larcenies27
Motor vehicle thefts2
Stolen property offenses2

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