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Enforcement officers in Oskaloosa deal with 343 crimes against property in 2020

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Oskaloosa law enforcement officers grappled with 343 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 28 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 Oskaloosa office.

Officers in Oskaloosa were involved in 696 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 Oskaloosa in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons5
Briberies1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings39
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes15
Damage or vandalisms87
Embezzlements4
Extortions and blackmail offences1
Obtaining property by false pretenses25
Credit card and atm frauds2
False impersonations3
Shopliftings40
Thefts from building10
Thefts from coin operated machine or device3
Thefts from motor vehicle42
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories7
Larcenies34
Motor vehicle thefts22
Stolen property offenses3

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