Property crime

Property crime involves stealing, damaging, destroying, or unlawfully using another person’s property, typically without direct force against a person.

Theft: The unlawful taking or appropriation of another person’s property with intent to deprive them of it. Theft is the broad taking offense underlying many property-crime classifications.
Larceny: The unlawful taking and carrying away of another person’s property with intent to deprive them of it. Larceny is a traditional legal form of nonviolent theft.
Violent crime: Crime involving force or threat of force against a person. Property crime is commonly distinguished from offenses whose defining feature is interpersonal force.
Victimization: The experience of being harmed by crime, including its financial, physical, and psychological effects. Property offenses can impose lasting costs beyond the value of stolen or damaged goods.
Burglary: Unlawful entry into a building or other protected place with intent to commit a crime inside. Burglary concerns unlawful entry and criminal intent, not necessarily completed theft.
Motor vehicle theft: The unauthorized taking or use of a motor vehicle, often treated as a separate crime category. Crime statistics commonly separate vehicle theft from other forms of theft.
Fraud: Deception used to secure an unlawful or unfair gain, often causing financial loss. Fraud can transfer property through deception rather than physical taking.
Crime prevention: Actions and policies intended to reduce the occurrence or impact of crime. Security measures and environmental design seek to reduce opportunities for property offenses.
Robbery: Taking property from a person through force or threat of force. Robbery is often grouped with theft but involves direct force or intimidation.
Shoplifting: The theft of merchandise from a retail business, usually while it is open to customers. Shoplifting is a familiar retail setting for property theft.

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