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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Enforcement officers in State Police, Wickford deal with 86 crimes against property in 2020

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State Police, Wickford law enforcement officers grappled with 86 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals seven 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, obtaining property by false pretenses was the most popular crime handled by the State Police, Wickford office.

Officers in State Police, Wickford were involved in 145 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 State Police, Wickford in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes6
Damage or vandalisms12
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses19
Credit card and atm frauds3
False impersonations12
Welfare frauds1
Hackings and computer invasions6
Thefts from building4
Thefts from motor vehicle2
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories1
Larcenies7
Motor vehicle thefts6
Stolen property offenses6

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