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7,032 crimes against property handled by Springfield officers in 2020

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Springfield law enforcement officers grappled with 7,032 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 19 per day 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 Springfield office.

Officers in Springfield were involved in 13,309 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 Springfield in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCESIncidents per month
Arsons342
Briberies10
Burglaries, breaking and enterings61651
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes776
Damage or vandalisms1,837153
Embezzlements110
Extortions and blackmail offences242
Obtaining property by false pretenses16113
Credit card and atm frauds21117
False impersonations27723
Welfare frauds231
Wire frauds746
Identity thefts100
Hackings and computer invasions20
Pocket picking offences272
Purse snatchings181
Shopliftings37231
Thefts from building42935
Thefts from coin operated machine or device20
Thefts from motor vehicle82368
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories39833
Larcenies67055
Motor vehicle thefts49841
Robberies35329
Stolen property offenses847

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