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Enforcement officers in Ocilla deal with 185 crimes against property in 2020

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Ocilla law enforcement officers grappled with 185 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 15 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 Ocilla office.

Officers in Ocilla were involved in 274 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 Ocilla in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings15
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes13
Damage or vandalisms58
Obtaining property by false pretenses2
Credit card and atm frauds5
False impersonations3
Purse snatchings4
Shopliftings21
Thefts from building15
Thefts from motor vehicle10
Larcenies23
Motor vehicle thefts13
Robberies1
Stolen property offenses1

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