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Kalinak: Crime Rate Fell by 13 Percent between 2003-05 and 2007-09
Wednesday 24 February 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, February 24 (TASR) - The crime rate between 2007-09 dropped by 13 percent, or 46,501 criminal offences, compared to the respective figures for 2003-05, Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak told a press conference on Wednesday.
An average rate of crime resolution went up by 3 percent in 2007-09, compared to 2003-05. The highest, 54-percent resolution rate was recorded in 2009, added Kalinak.
The statistics include three entire years under Kalinak's remit over the ministry and are compared to three entire years under former minister Vladimir Palko.
The figures also revealed that recorded property crime fell by 18 percent between the two periods, the number of violent offences dropped by 35 percent and the number of thefts went down by 19 percent, while burglaries dropped by 31 percent.
According to Police Corps President Jan Packa, positive developments in statistics are partly the result of deployment of 1,600 new police officers on the streets.
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