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Enforcement officers in Winooski deal with 311 crimes against property in 2020

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Winooski law enforcement officers grappled with 311 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 25 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 Winooski office.

Officers in Winooski were involved in 421 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 Winooski in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons2
Burglaries, breaking and enterings28
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes4
Damage or vandalisms63
Obtaining property by false pretenses12
Credit card and atm frauds4
Identity thefts6
Pocket picking offences1
Shopliftings15
Thefts from building1
Thefts from motor vehicle78
Larcenies85
Motor vehicle thefts6
Robberies3
Stolen property offenses3

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