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2020: 4,790 crimes against property handled by Gastonia law enforcement

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Gastonia law enforcement officers grappled with 4,790 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, larceny was the most popular crime handled by the Gastonia office.

Officers in Gastonia were involved in 8,362 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 Gastonia in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCESIncidents per month
Arsons292
Burglaries, breaking and enterings43836
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes615
Damage or vandalisms80967
Embezzlements151
Extortions and blackmail offences30
Obtaining property by false pretenses22919
Credit card and atm frauds1169
False impersonations292
Welfare frauds20
Wire frauds352
Identity thefts181
Purse snatchings131
Shopliftings85070
Thefts from building453
Thefts from coin operated machine or device20
Thefts from motor vehicle61050
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories12010
Larcenies86872
Motor vehicle thefts30425
Robberies12410
Stolen property offenses705

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