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Enforcement officers in West Allis deal with 3,031 crimes against property in 2020

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West Allis law enforcement officers grappled with 3,031 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals eight 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, damage or vandalism was the most popular crime handled by the West Allis office.

Officers in West Allis were involved in 5,311 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 West Allis in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons10
Burglaries, breaking and enterings237
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes37
Damage or vandalisms821
Embezzlements30
Extortions and blackmail offences2
Obtaining property by false pretenses96
Credit card and atm frauds93
False impersonations7
Identity thefts42
Pocket picking offences1
Purse snatchings1
Shopliftings577
Thefts from building186
Thefts from coin operated machine or device3
Thefts from motor vehicle264
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories126
Larcenies195
Motor vehicle thefts179
Robberies70
Stolen property offenses54

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