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Denton Township enforcement officers handle 31 crimes against persons in 2020

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Denton Township law enforcement officers grappled with 31 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 Denton Township office.

Officers in Denton Township were involved in 110 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 Denton Township in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Aggravated assaults1
Simple assaults26
Kidnappings and abductions1
Rapes1
Fondling offences2

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