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De Queen enforcement officers handle 343 crimes against property in 2020

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De Queen law enforcement officers grappled with 343 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 28 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 De Queen office.

Officers in De Queen were involved in 523 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 De Queen in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Burglaries, breaking and enterings61
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes21
Damage or vandalisms56
Credit card and atm frauds72
False impersonations1
Shopliftings3
Thefts from building10
Thefts from motor vehicle3
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories1
Larcenies96
Motor vehicle thefts11
Robberies3
Stolen property offenses5

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