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Enforcement officers in Lino Lakes deal with 446 crimes against property in 2020

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Lino Lakes law enforcement officers grappled with 446 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 37 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 Lino Lakes office.

Officers in Lino Lakes were involved in 677 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 Lino Lakes in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings16
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes14
Damage or vandalisms90
Embezzlements1
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses24
Credit card and atm frauds17
False impersonations4
Wire frauds2
Identity thefts60
Pocket picking offences5
Shopliftings23
Thefts from building10
Thefts from motor vehicle40
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories12
Larcenies111
Motor vehicle thefts10
Robberies1
Stolen property offenses4

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