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2020: 542 crimes against property handled by Peachtree City law enforcement

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Peachtree City law enforcement officers grappled with 542 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 45 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 Peachtree City office.

Officers in Peachtree City were involved in 904 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 Peachtree City in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings15
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes21
Damage or vandalisms29
Extortions and blackmail offences2
Obtaining property by false pretenses30
Credit card and atm frauds28
False impersonations14
Wire frauds13
Identity thefts11
Hackings and computer invasions1
Purse snatchings2
Shopliftings120
Thefts from building7
Thefts from coin operated machine or device1
Thefts from motor vehicle92
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories5
Larcenies118
Motor vehicle thefts29
Robberies4

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