BACOLOD City – Crime volume in Negros Occidental decreased 65.05 percent in the first six months of 2018.
This was based on the data that the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) released on Thursday.
From January to June this year, an average of nine crimes was recorded each month, lower compared to 27 each month in the same period last year.
“Our latest data gathered in relation to eight focus crimes shows a dramatic decrease from January to June of 2018 compared to January to June 2017 due to intensified operations and police presence in the community,” said Nocppo director Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil.
The eight focus crimes include physical injury, theft, murder, rape, robbery, homicide, motornapping, and carnapping.
During the period, physical injury decreased 66.29 percent (from 626 cases last year to 211 this year); theft, 77.25 percent (from 567 to 129); murder, 5.88 percent (from 102 to 96); rape, 49.28 percent (from 138 to 70); robbery, 8.16 percent (from 266 to 262); homicide, 76.69 percent (from 249 to 45); motornapping, 58.33 percent (from 36 to 15); and carnapping, 100 percent (from one to zero).
Nocppo registered a crime clearance efficiency of 77.44 percent during the period, higher compared to last year’s 70.83 percent. (With a report from PNA/PN)
