2021: 10 obtaining property by false pretenses handled by Pella law enforcement

Pella law enforcement officers grappled with 10 obtaining property by false pretenses in 2021, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, obtaining property by false pretenses was the ninth most popular crime handled by the Pella office.

Officers in Pella were involved in 268 offenses 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.

Location	NUMBER OF OFFENCES	Incidents per month
Harris	2,328	194
Houston	2,321	193
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority	2,227	185
Indianapolis	2,077	173
San Antonio	2,030	169
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	1,996	166
Douglas	1,962	163
Charlotte-Mecklenburg	1,831	152
Metropolitan Nashville Police Department	1,816	151
Cobb	1,764	147
Atlanta	1,715	142
Albuquerque	1,672	139
Baltimore County Police Department	1,626	135
Austin	1,626	135
El Paso	1,626	135
Oklahoma City	1,525	127
Fairfax County Police Department	1,454	121
Dallas	1,450	120
Detroit	1,292	107
DeKalb County Police Department	1,271	105
Boston	1,222	101
Winston-Salem	1,162	96
Montgomery County Police Department	1,131	94
Memphis	1,127	93
Portland	1,081	90
Springfield	988	82
Prince William County Police Department	988	82
Raleigh	961	80
Greensboro	952	79
Mesa	922	76
Overland Park	902	75
Aurora	890	74
Henderson	888	74
Scottsdale	841	70
Tulsa	819	68
Spokane	813	67
Fayetteville	797	66
Lubbock	784	65
Salt Lake County Unified Police Department	777	64
Murfreesboro	752	62
Reno	737	61
Grand Prairie	735	61
Montgomery	719	59
Round Rock	713	59
Chandler	695	57
Richland	677	56
Virginia Beach	667	55
Loudoun	634	52
Chattanooga	610	50
Arlington County Police Department	607	50
Providence	571	47
Durham	561	46
Williamson	561	46
Ottawa	505	42
San Diego	501	41
Lakewood	495	41
Clarksville	489	40
Denver	488	40
Louisville Metro	474	39
Olathe	473	39
Springfield	465	38
Fort Wayne	454	37
Union	443	36
Kansas City	441	36
Cobb County Police Department	436	36
Lewisville	428	35
Pima	426	35
Fort Smith	422	35
Seattle	421	35
New Castle County Police Department	420	35
Plano	419	34
Spokane Valley	418	34
Evansville	417	34
Henry County Police Department	403	33
Asheville	394	32
Spartanburg	394	32
South Fulton	384	32
Grand Rapids	382	31
Colorado Springs	381	31
Orem	378	31
Warner Robins	376	31
Chesapeake	375	31
Macomb	369	30
Wichita Falls	362	30
Wilmington	361	30
Fort Collins	358	29
St. Paul	357	29
Travis	348	29
Worcester	344	28
Dearborn	337	28
Madison	337	28
Bibb	336	28
Cleveland	333	27
St. Louis County Police Department	332	27
Mansfield	329	27
State Police, New Castle County	326	27
Frisco	326	27
Minneapolis	318	26
Morristown	315	26
Portsmouth	315	26