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1,424 crimes against property handled by Wauwatosa officers in 2020

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Wauwatosa law enforcement officers grappled with 1,424 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 118 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, shoplifting was the most popular crime handled by the Wauwatosa office.

Officers in Wauwatosa were involved in 1,706 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 Wauwatosa in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Arsons1
Burglaries, breaking and enterings73
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes14
Damage or vandalisms122
Embezzlements18
Extortions and blackmail offences4
Obtaining property by false pretenses27
Credit card and atm frauds25
False impersonations13
Wire frauds6
Identity thefts46
Pocket picking offences5
Purse snatchings3
Shopliftings645
Thefts from building38
Thefts from coin operated machine or device1
Thefts from motor vehicle99
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories26
Larcenies123
Motor vehicle thefts98
Robberies32
Stolen property offenses5

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