Dubai records 15.9% drop in serious crimes

dubai — The serious and alarming crime index in Dubai dropped by 15.9 per cent in the third quarter of the current year as compared to the same period in 2016.

This was disclosed by MajorGeneral Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, assistant commander-inchief of the Dubai Police for criminal investigation.

He said that the decline continued during the last quarter of the year as well, revealing that the percentage of unresolved reports of crimes such as murder and rape reached zero.

The drop in the crimes can be attributed to a strict and accurate evaluation mechanism and the electronic criminal record system that monitors the criminal reports by the police stations, and reviews the resolved cases. He stressed resolving crimes is important as it leads to arrest of perpetrators and acts as a deterrence.

Maj-Gen Al Mansouri said that serious crimes, such as murders, dropped by 27 per cent since the beginning of 2017 to the third quarter, as compared to the same period last year. All murder cases recorded in 2017 were cracked, he pointed out.

He added that the assault crimes also came down by 34.8 per cent till the third quarter of this year as compared to the corresponding period last year.

He pointed out that there has been a 35 per cent decrease in cases of burglary this year. This was because of the expansion of crime preventive programmes, including housing security and deployment of patrols.

He revealed that there was a drop in vehicle theft cases by 13.6 per cent from January till September this year, as compared to 2016.

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