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11,169 crimes against property handled by Cobb County Police Department officers in 2020

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Cobb County Police Department law enforcement officers grappled with 11,169 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 30 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, larceny was the most popular crime handled by the Cobb County Police Department office.

Officers in Cobb County Police Department were involved in 21,917 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 Cobb County Police Department in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCESIncidents per month
Arsons171
Burglaries, breaking and enterings1,00984
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes514
Damage or vandalisms2,064172
Embezzlements10
Extortions and blackmail offences181
Obtaining property by false pretenses45838
Credit card and atm frauds453
False impersonations60
Wire frauds20
Identity thefts181
Hackings and computer invasions50
Pocket picking offences10
Shopliftings87372
Thefts from building151
Thefts from coin operated machine or device100
Thefts from motor vehicle2,277189
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories13511
Larcenies2,894241
Motor vehicle thefts84670
Robberies27022
Stolen property offenses15412

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