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Enforcement officers in North Myrtle Beach deal with 1,469 crimes against property in 2020

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North Myrtle Beach law enforcement officers grappled with 1,469 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 122 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 North Myrtle Beach office.

Officers in North Myrtle Beach were involved in 2,451 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 North Myrtle Beach in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons3
Burglaries, breaking and enterings91
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes40
Damage or vandalisms209
Extortions and blackmail offences5
Obtaining property by false pretenses86
Credit card and atm frauds71
False impersonations9
Wire frauds2
Identity thefts12
Hackings and computer invasions1
Purse snatchings1
Shopliftings308
Thefts from building2
Thefts from coin operated machine or device5
Thefts from motor vehicle188
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories35
Larcenies310
Motor vehicle thefts63
Robberies6
Stolen property offenses22

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