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Enforcement officers in State Police, Huntington deal with 342 crimes against property in 2020

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State Police, Huntington law enforcement officers grappled with 342 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 28 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 State Police, Huntington office.

Officers in State Police, Huntington were involved in 620 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, Huntington in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings27
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes3
Damage or vandalisms56
Obtaining property by false pretenses18
Credit card and atm frauds16
False impersonations11
Shopliftings8
Thefts from motor vehicle2
Larcenies155
Motor vehicle thefts28
Robberies1
Stolen property offenses16

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