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Stevens Point enforcement officers handle 157 crimes against persons in 2020

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Stevens Point law enforcement officers grappled with 157 crimes against persons in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 13 per month in 2020.

Crimes against persons include simple assaults, aggravated assaults, intimidations, kidnappings and abductions, fondling offences and rapes.

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, simple assault was the most popular crime handled by the Stevens Point office.

Officers in Stevens Point were involved in 813 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 persons offenses in Stevens Point in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Aggravated assaults25
Simple assaults96
Intimidations15
Kidnappings and abductions2
Rapes9
Fondling offences7
Statutory rapes3

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