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2020: 4,779 crimes against property handled by Loudoun law enforcement

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Loudoun law enforcement officers grappled with 4,779 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 13 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 Loudoun office.

Officers in Loudoun were involved in 7,879 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 Loudoun in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons20
Burglaries, breaking and enterings150
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes98
Damage or vandalisms994
Embezzlements38
Extortions and blackmail offences81
Obtaining property by false pretenses556
Credit card and atm frauds198
False impersonations270
Welfare frauds37
Wire frauds5
Identity thefts185
Hackings and computer invasions22
Pocket picking offences4
Purse snatchings8
Shopliftings477
Thefts from building181
Thefts from motor vehicle346
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories79
Larcenies815
Motor vehicle thefts148
Robberies33
Stolen property offenses34

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