Monday, May 05, 2008
CV crime stats drop in 1st quarter
INDEX and non-index crimes in Central Visayas for the first quarter of the year have been reduced by 42 percent compared to that of the same period in 2007.
While there were 2,700 incidents from January to March last year, there were only 1,533 this year, or a difference of 1,147 incidents.
And of the 1,553 cases, 80 percent were considered solved, which is three percentage points higher than last year’s 77 percent crime solution efficiency.
Cebu City accounted for 660 of the 1,553 incidents, which is 36 percent lower than last year’s 1,030 incidents.
Significant draft
Of the 660 incidents, 307 were index crimes, or offenses against persons and properties, which is 57 percent lower than last year’s 719 incidents.
Police Regional Office 7 Director Ronald Roderos said the significant drop in index crimes in Cebu City was vital in the downtrend of the region’s total crime volume.
Cebu City Police Office Director Patrocinio Comendador also said their crime solution efficiency was at 81.67 percent, which means majority of complaints brought to the police were solved.
He made the report in Wednesday last week’s Talakayan sa Isyung Pulis forum.
In the same gathering, Cebu Police Provincial Office Director Carmelo Valmoria also said that there is a 3.5 percent reduction in index crimes from Jan. 1 to April 15 this year compared to the same period last year.
There are just 734 incidents this year compared to 761 incidents in 2007.
Valmoria said serious physical injuries remain as having the highest of incidents that usually occur during weekends, when people get drunk and figure in fights.
Cebu Province also has the most number of index crimes, followed by Cebu City, Bohol Province, and Lapu-Lapu City.
With just seven incidents, Siquijor still has the lowest number of index crimes in Central Visayas. (JST)
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