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How many welfare frauds were there per day in San Diego Police Department in 2022?

Published 05/23/24

Law enforcement officials in San Diego Police Department 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 San Diego Police Department dealt with in 2022.

Larceny was the most common crime in San Diego Police Department with 7,342 offenses throughout 2022.

Officers in San Diego Police Department were involved in 58,416 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 San Diego Police Department in 2022

Type of CrimeNumber of offenses
Acts of damage or vandalism7,256
Aggravated assaults4,184
Animal cruelties7
Arsons174
Assisting or promoting prostitution offenses13
Betting and wagering violations2
Briberies0
Burglaries, breaking and entering crimes3,344
Commercial sex acts0
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes221
Credit card and ATM frauds585
Drug and narcotic violations3,537
Drug equipment violations1,758
Embezzlements63
Extortions and blackmail offenses40
False impersonations2,726
Fondling offenses355
Gambling equipment violations2
Hackings and computer invasions2
Identity thefts91
Incest crimes0
Intimidations806
Involuntary servitudes0
Justifiable homicides0
Kidnappings and abductions218
Larcenies7,342
Motor vehicle thefts6,502
Murders and non-negligent manslaughters53
Negligent manslaughters0
Obtaining property by false pretenses407
Operating, promoting and assisting gambling offenses2
Pornography and obscene materials violations9
Prostitution offenses76
Purchasing prostitution0
Rapes314
Robberies1,291
Shopliftings1,169
Simple assaults7,103
Sodomies69
Sports tamperings0
Statutory rapes13
Stolen property offenses686
Thefts from buildings423
Thefts from motor vehicles5,777
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories506
Weapon law violations1,095
Welfare frauds1
Wire frauds0

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