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1,375 crimes against property handled by Ottumwa officers in 2020

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Ottumwa law enforcement officers grappled with 1,375 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 114 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 Ottumwa office.

Officers in Ottumwa were involved in 2,458 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 Ottumwa in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons14
Burglaries, breaking and enterings172
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes58
Damage or vandalisms247
Embezzlements1
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses43
Credit card and atm frauds27
False impersonations4
Shopliftings165
Thefts from building151
Thefts from coin operated machine or device2
Thefts from motor vehicle90
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories24
Larcenies258
Motor vehicle thefts97
Robberies12
Stolen property offenses9

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