Quantcast

Pontiac Times

Monday, December 23, 2024

Enforcement officers in Orion Township deal with 227 crimes against property in 2020

30edited

Orion Township law enforcement officers grappled with 227 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 18 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 Orion Township office.

Officers in Orion Township were involved in 333 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 Orion Township in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings21
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes2
Damage or vandalisms39
Embezzlements1
Extortions and blackmail offences2
Obtaining property by false pretenses20
Credit card and atm frauds13
Welfare frauds3
Wire frauds2
Identity thefts9
Shopliftings30
Thefts from building14
Thefts from motor vehicle33
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories4
Larcenies19
Motor vehicle thefts11
Robberies1
Stolen property offenses2

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS