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Enforcement officers in Walterboro deal with 567 crimes against property in 2020

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Walterboro law enforcement officers grappled with 567 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 47 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, shoplifting was the most popular crime handled by the Walterboro office.

Officers in Walterboro were involved in 897 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 Walterboro in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings22
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes25
Damage or vandalisms80
Obtaining property by false pretenses35
Credit card and atm frauds22
False impersonations2
Shopliftings154
Thefts from building7
Thefts from coin operated machine or device1
Thefts from motor vehicle38
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories26
Larcenies111
Motor vehicle thefts18
Robberies6
Stolen property offenses19

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