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Enforcement officers in Wausau deal with 1,012 crimes against property in 2020

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Wausau law enforcement officers grappled with 1,012 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, damage or vandalism was the most popular crime handled by the Wausau office.

Officers in Wausau were involved in 2,380 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 Wausau in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons4
Burglaries, breaking and enterings66
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes38
Damage or vandalisms246
Embezzlements3
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses41
Credit card and atm frauds22
False impersonations3
Wire frauds5
Identity thefts47
Pocket picking offences1
Purse snatchings2
Shopliftings139
Thefts from building74
Thefts from motor vehicle55
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories20
Larcenies163
Motor vehicle thefts61
Robberies14
Stolen property offenses7

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