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4,609 crimes against property handled by Myrtle Beach officers in 2020

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Myrtle Beach law enforcement officers grappled with 4,609 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 12 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, shoplifting was the most popular crime handled by the Myrtle Beach office.

Officers in Myrtle Beach were involved in 8,517 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 Myrtle Beach in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCESIncidents per month
Arsons60
Burglaries, breaking and enterings26722
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes12010
Damage or vandalisms54945
Embezzlements211
Obtaining property by false pretenses21618
Credit card and atm frauds22118
False impersonations50
Wire frauds40
Identity thefts373
Hackings and computer invasions30
Pocket picking offences30
Purse snatchings10
Shopliftings1,01584
Thefts from building42835
Thefts from coin operated machine or device110
Thefts from motor vehicle51542
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories14412
Larcenies51843
Motor vehicle thefts23419
Robberies877
Stolen property offenses20417

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