Vehicle robberies increase
According to a report on Citizen Safety issued by the Observatory for Citizen Safety, in 2017 there were 5,970 robberies of vehicles. This translates to an average of 58.7 vehicles stolen per 100,000 inhabitants and 15.4 per 10,000 motor vehicles registered in the country. Some 90% of the thefts were of motorcycles.
The figures show a 9% increase over 2016, when 5,455 were stolen. However, the report states that the violent robberies have decreased from 1,795 in 2016 to 1,594 in 2017.
Most of the thefts occurred between January and September with a decrease in the last quarter of 2017 compared with the same time period in 2016. Of the thefts some 31% take place between six and eleven in the morning and 47% happen at the weekends.
Source: DR1, Listindiario
April 25, 2018
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