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2020: 210 crimes against property handled by Maquoketa law enforcement

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Maquoketa law enforcement officers grappled with 210 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 17 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 Maquoketa office.

Officers in Maquoketa were involved in 447 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 Maquoketa in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings34
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes9
Damage or vandalisms60
Obtaining property by false pretenses1
Credit card and atm frauds3
False impersonations2
Wire frauds3
Shopliftings26
Thefts from building37
Thefts from motor vehicle10
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories2
Larcenies12
Motor vehicle thefts9
Robberies1
Stolen property offenses1

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