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North Adams enforcement officers handle 640 crimes against property in 2020

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North Adams law enforcement officers grappled with 640 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 53 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 North Adams office.

Officers in North Adams were involved in 1,017 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 North Adams in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons6
Burglaries, breaking and enterings71
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes6
Damage or vandalisms212
Embezzlements3
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses38
Credit card and atm frauds6
False impersonations38
Pocket picking offences4
Purse snatchings1
Shopliftings77
Thefts from building28
Thefts from motor vehicle1
Larcenies126
Motor vehicle thefts8
Robberies8
Stolen property offenses6

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