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Enforcement officers in Walled Lake deal with 103 crimes against property in 2020

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Walled Lake law enforcement officers grappled with 103 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals eight 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 Walled Lake office.

Officers in Walled Lake were involved in 180 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 Walled Lake in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings7
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes1
Damage or vandalisms17
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses12
Credit card and atm frauds9
Wire frauds1
Identity thefts11
Shopliftings1
Thefts from building14
Thefts from motor vehicle5
Larcenies13
Motor vehicle thefts9
Stolen property offenses2

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