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Enforcement officers in Coloma Township deal with 153 crimes against property in 2020

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Coloma Township law enforcement officers grappled with 153 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 12 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 Coloma Township office.

Officers in Coloma Township were involved in 314 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 Coloma Township in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings34
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes3
Damage or vandalisms27
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses10
Credit card and atm frauds5
False impersonations1
Wire frauds1
Shopliftings7
Thefts from building6
Thefts from coin operated machine or device2
Thefts from motor vehicle5
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories1
Larcenies38
Motor vehicle thefts7
Stolen property offenses4

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