{"id":300670,"date":"2021-01-31T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T10:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=300670"},"modified":"2021-01-31T12:13:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T10:13:25","slug":"general-crime-declines-rape-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=300670","title":{"rendered":"General crime declines, rape increases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maria David<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GENERAL criminal activities declined during the festive season as a result of the restriction on people&#8217;s movement due to COVID-19, as well as the intensification of police operations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi said that police operations such as Hokanaka, women led-operation Basadi, and other operations carried out by law enforcement agencies during the period under review largely contributed to the dip in crime stats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the statistics, during the December 2020 to January 2021 festive season, a total 1,154 cases were recorded compared to 1,332 cases recorded during the 2019\/20 festive season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This shows an overall 13% decline in the crime rate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shikwambi added that there was also an 18% decrease in the arrest of suspects, which translates to 591 suspects arrested during 2020\/21 compared to 484 suspects arrested during 2019\/20.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Crimes where a decline was noticeable include murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide, assault GBH, possession of protected game products and stock theft.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The biggest decline was noticeable in cases relating to the possession of protected game products, where there was 52% less cases reported in 2020\/21 compared to the same period in 2019\/20.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Culpable homicide also declined by 34%, attempted murder by 33% and inquest by 25%.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Statistics made available by the police, however, show that during the 2020\/21 festive season, there was an increase in rape, armed robberies, fraud, possession\/dealing in drugs, as well as possession of unpolished diamonds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Statistics available for rape during the 2020\/21 festive season indicate that of the 151 cases reported, 87 involved the rape of minors, with only 88 suspects arrested in reported rape cases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is largely accepted that people spending more time at home as a result of movement restrictions has also resulted in more minors enduring sexual abuse at the hands of their relatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":300673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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