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Less than one welfare fraud per day in Deschutes County Sheriff's Office in 2022

Published 05/23/24

Law enforcement officials in Deschutes County Sheriff's Office dealt with less than one welfare fraud per day in 2022, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

In total, there was one welfare fraud that Deschutes County Sheriff's Office dealt with in 2022.

Act of damage or vandalism was the most common crime in Deschutes County Sheriff's Office with 300 offenses throughout 2022.

Officers in Deschutes County Sheriff's Office were involved in 1,696 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. Due to logistical and technological challenges, not every enforcement authority has signed up for NIBRS and stats might not reflect a complete picture of crimes which occurred.

Crimes in Deschutes County Sheriff's Office in 2022

Type of CrimeNumber of offenses
Acts of damage or vandalism300
Aggravated assaults60
Animal cruelties6
Arsons9
Assisting or promoting prostitution offenses0
Betting and wagering violations0
Briberies0
Burglaries, breaking and entering crimes73
Commercial sex acts0
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes24
Credit card and ATM frauds35
Drug and narcotic violations89
Drug equipment violations0
Embezzlements0
Extortions and blackmail offenses3
False impersonations2
Fondling offenses18
Gambling equipment violations0
Hackings and computer invasions0
Identity thefts54
Incest crimes2
Intimidations167
Involuntary servitudes0
Justifiable homicides0
Kidnappings and abductions3
Larcenies276
Motor vehicle thefts63
Murders and non-negligent manslaughters1
Negligent manslaughters1
Obtaining property by false pretenses53
Operating, promoting and assisting gambling offenses0
Pornography and obscene materials violations2
Prostitution offenses1
Purchasing prostitution0
Rapes4
Robberies7
Shopliftings30
Simple assaults130
Sodomies4
Sports tamperings0
Statutory rapes5
Stolen property offenses11
Thefts from buildings63
Thefts from motor vehicles84
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories9
Weapon law violations81
Welfare frauds1
Wire frauds20

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