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3,530 crimes against property handled by North Little Rock officers in 2020

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North Little Rock law enforcement officers grappled with 3,530 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals nine 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 North Little Rock office.

Officers in North Little Rock were involved in 6,704 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 North Little Rock in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCESIncidents per month
Arsons211
Burglaries, breaking and enterings34528
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes605
Damage or vandalisms41734
Embezzlements423
Obtaining property by false pretenses1018
Credit card and atm frauds1058
False impersonations594
Wire frauds10
Pocket picking offences40
Purse snatchings50
Shopliftings60450
Thefts from building14412
Thefts from coin operated machine or device80
Thefts from motor vehicle36230
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories21417
Larcenies43236
Motor vehicle thefts31626
Robberies1119
Stolen property offenses17914

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