2022: 317 crimes against property handled by Cheshire Police Department law enforcement
This translates to an average of 26 offenses per month in 2022.
Crimes against property include larcenies, thefts from buildings, obtaining property by false pretenses, purse snatchings, robberies, and credit card and ATM frauds.
Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, shopliftings were the most common crime handled by the Cheshire Police Department office.
Officers in Cheshire Police Department were involved in 410 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 Offenses |
|---|---|
| Shopliftings | 46 |
| Thefts from motor vehicles | 44 |
| Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories | 43 |
| Identity thefts | 35 |
| Motor vehicle thefts | 30 |
| Larcenies | 26 |
| Acts of damage or vandalism | 24 |
| Thefts from buildings | 21 |
| Counterfeiting and forgery crimes | 19 |
| Burglaries, breaking and entering crimes | 11 |
| Obtaining property by false pretenses | 10 |
| Wire frauds | 5 |
| Credit card and atm frauds | 2 |
| Robberies | 1 |