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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Enforcement officers in Jeffersontown deal with 1,017 crimes against property in 2020

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Jeffersontown law enforcement officers grappled with 1,017 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 84 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, larceny was the most popular crime handled by the Jeffersontown office.

Officers in Jeffersontown were involved in 1,172 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 Jeffersontown in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings78
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes21
Damage or vandalisms123
Embezzlements21
Obtaining property by false pretenses26
Credit card and atm frauds29
Identity thefts20
Purse snatchings2
Shopliftings31
Thefts from building11
Thefts from coin operated machine or device1
Thefts from motor vehicle128
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories88
Larcenies245
Motor vehicle thefts121
Robberies17
Stolen property offenses55

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