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3,684 crimes against property handled by Hillsboro officers in 2020

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Hillsboro law enforcement officers grappled with 3,684 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 10 per day 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 Hillsboro office.

Officers in Hillsboro were involved in 4,834 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 Hillsboro in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons20
Burglaries, breaking and enterings215
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes107
Damage or vandalisms785
Embezzlements14
Extortions and blackmail offences4
Obtaining property by false pretenses164
Credit card and atm frauds128
False impersonations2
Welfare frauds1
Wire frauds77
Identity thefts130
Hackings and computer invasions14
Pocket picking offences2
Purse snatchings4
Shopliftings580
Thefts from building137
Thefts from coin operated machine or device5
Thefts from motor vehicle322
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories121
Larcenies555
Motor vehicle thefts243
Robberies46
Stolen property offenses8

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