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2020: 10,840 crimes against property handled by Madison law enforcement

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Madison law enforcement officers grappled with 10,840 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 29 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, shoplifting was the most popular crime handled by the Madison office.

Officers in Madison were involved in 13,935 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 Madison in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons15
Burglaries, breaking and enterings1,301
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes89
Damage or vandalisms1,599
Embezzlements44
Extortions and blackmail offences42
Obtaining property by false pretenses365
Credit card and atm frauds328
False impersonations20
Wire frauds1
Identity thefts638
Pocket picking offences24
Purse snatchings5
Shopliftings1,699
Thefts from building563
Thefts from coin operated machine or device3
Thefts from motor vehicle1,615
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories288
Larcenies1,302
Motor vehicle thefts697
Robberies166
Stolen property offenses36

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