Mount Olive law enforcement officers grappled with 162 crimes against property in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
This equals 13 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, theft from building was the most popular crime handled by the Mount Olive office.
Officers in Mount Olive were involved in 219 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.
| Type of Crime | NUMBER OF OFFENCES |
|---|---|
| Burglaries, breaking and enterings | 25 |
| Counterfeiting and forgery crimes | 2 |
| Damage or vandalisms | 33 |
| Embezzlements | 2 |
| Obtaining property by false pretenses | 6 |
| Credit card and atm frauds | 7 |
| False impersonations | 2 |
| Wire frauds | 1 |
| Shopliftings | 1 |
| Thefts from building | 39 |
| Thefts from motor vehicle | 13 |
| Larcenies | 16 |
| Motor vehicle thefts | 12 |
| Robberies | 2 |
| Stolen property offenses | 1 |
