The Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) reported that crime incidents in the city from January to November 12 this year decreased by nine percent compared to the recorded peace and order indicators during the same period last year.
BCPO City Director Police Col. Ruel Tagel said that for this year, there were some 602 crime incidents related to peace and order indicators that were recorded compared to the 663 incidents that were documented by the local police force during the same period last year.
However, the public safety indicator slightly increased by two incidents or two percent from 876 crimes last year compared to the 878 incidents recorded from January to November this year.
The BCPO official claimed that reckless imprudence resulting in homicide, physical injuries and damage to properties greatly contributed to the increase in the public safety indicator of the city’s crime rate during the current period.
He said that of the 3,019 incidents, 1,754 fall under the public safety indicator.
On the other hand, he pointed out that of the recorded crime incidents, 3001 have been reportedly cleared, 2,587 have been solved while 18 are still under investigation.
According to him, a case is solved when the suspect is identified and arrested, case filed in court while case cleared is when a suspect is identified but not arrested and case is filed in court.
He cited that a reason for a case classified under investigation is that the suspects are unidentified.
Tagel disclosed that theft remains to be the common crime committed in the city with 146 cases followed by physical injury with 50 cases; rape – 37 cases; robbery – 20 cases; carnapping of motorcycle– 11 cases; homicide – 5 cases and murder and carnapping of motor vehicle – 4 cases each. Baguio City Public Information Office
