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Enforcement officers in Dewey Beach deal with 28 crimes against persons in 2020

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Dewey Beach law enforcement officers grappled with 28 crimes against persons in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

Crimes against persons include simple assaults, aggravated assaults, intimidations, kidnappings and abductions, fondling offences and rapes.

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, simple assault was the most popular crime handled by the Dewey Beach office.

Officers in Dewey Beach were involved in 65 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.

Crimes against persons offenses in Dewey Beach in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Aggravated assaults3
Simple assaults23
Intimidations1
Rapes1

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