Crime against women, recorded last month, increased in many divisions around the country while three divisions recorded a decrease.
Police, in a release said for crime reports against women category, the Southern, Eastern and Central divisions recorded decreases of 3%, 21% and 50%, respectively, while the rest of the divisions recorded increases.
“Of the 223 crime cases against women, 84% were assault- related and 16% sexual offences, 40% of the cases were committed in the domestic setting where the perpetrator was a spouse or in a defacto/partner relationship,” police said.
The Southern and Northern divisions recorded decreases of 14% and 9% respectively for serious crime category, while the rest of the divisions recorded increases.
