Enforcement officers in Yellowstone deal with 1,338 crimes against property in 2020

Enforcement officers in Yellowstone deal with 1,338 crimes against property in 2020
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Yellowstone law enforcement officers grappled with 1,338 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 111 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 Yellowstone office.

Officers in Yellowstone were involved in 1,901 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 Yellowstone in 2020
Type of Crime NUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons 7
Burglaries, breaking and enterings 100
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes 41
Damage or vandalisms 358
Extortions and blackmail offences 1
Obtaining property by false pretenses 14
Credit card and atm frauds 2
Identity thefts 48
Purse snatchings 2
Shopliftings 38
Thefts from building 70
Thefts from coin operated machine or device 1
Thefts from motor vehicle 113
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories 46
Larcenies 329
Motor vehicle thefts 147
Robberies 6
Stolen property offenses 15


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