SAN JOSE CITY – This northern Nueva Ecija city has
emerged as Nueva Ecija’s crime capital, posting 561 crime incidents in the
first eight months of the year, accounting for roughly 10 percent of the total
crime volume in the province.
Crime
incidents in the city were more than the combined crime volume in Talavera and
Guimba of 460.
The city emerged no. 1 with the most number of
robberies (44), thefts (176), carnapping (38), homicide (14) and physical
injuries (267). It was second to Cabanatuan in terms of rape incidents with 15.
Cabanatuan
recorded the most number of murders with 17 followed by Aliaga with 17 and
Gapan City and Talavera with eight each.
The city was second only to San Jose in homicide
cases with 11 followed by Talavera with nine.
Records
from the Nueva Ecija Provincial Police Office showed that the province –
involving five cities and 27 municipalities – recorded 5,652 crime incidents over
the period of which 2,429 or 43 percent were solved and 4,250 (75%) were
cleared.
Senior
Superintendent Crizaldo Nieves, provincial police director, said a case is considered cleared when the
suspect has been identified while it is deemed solved when a case has been
filed in court.
Of
the 5,652 crime incidents, 2,916 were index and 2,736 non-index crimes.
Index crimes refer to crimes against
persons such as murder, homicide, physical injuries, rape among others.
Non-index crimes include those against property
such as robbery, theft, cattle rustling and carnapping.
Of
the index crimes, 2,013 (69%) were cleared while 1,158 (39%) were solved. For
non-index crimes, 2,237 (81%) were cleared while 1,271 (46%) were solved.
The
province posted an average monthly crime rate of 30.35 per population of
2,068,962.
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