Pagadian City total crime volume increases 41.16%, crime solution increases 101% with crime cleared rating of 294.4%

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Dec. 25, 2014-MPF News) --The total crime volume in Pagadian City increased to 41.16 percent but the Crime Solution Efficiency (CSE) also increased by 101 percent compared to last year 2013 in the same period from January to November of this year 2014 with Crime Cleared Efficiency Rating (CCER) of 294.4 percent, city police statistics report said.

Pagadian City Chief of Police Supt. Glenn Dulawan said the crime volume for the period of January 1 to November 30, 2014 registered to 2,274 which is  higher than 2013 with a total of 1,338 crime incidents or an increase by 936 crime incidents or 41.16 percent of crime volume.

Dulawan said the huge increase of crime volume was experienced nationwide in the month of August due to the change of system entry of reported incidents in the police blotter including entries for record purposes.

Dulawan also said that the index crime increased to 1,112 in 2014 from 740 in 2013 with an increase of 372 crime incidents of 33.45 percent while in non-index crime it registered at 1,162 in 2014 compared to 598 crime incidents in 2013 or an increase of 564 or 48.53 percent crime incidents.

He further said Pagadian City has the average monthly crime rate (AMCR) of 90.91 in 2014 compared to 60.37 in 2013 which registered at 63.37 crime incidents per 100,00 population or an increase of 30.54 crime incident or 34 percent.

However Dulawan also explained that even though there is an increase of crime volume, the City Police Station has tremendously increased their accomplishments in the CSE for the period of January 1 to November 30, 2014 which registered at 24.45 percent, higher than that of the same period in 2013 which registered at 12.18 percent, an increase of 12.27 or 101 percent with CCER registered to 30.65 percent in 2014, which is also higher than that of the same period in 2013 which registered at 7.77 percent, an increase of 22.88 of 299.4 percent rating.

He added that the crime statistics shows the type of offense recorded: physical injuries have 491 incidents and 197 of them were resulting from vehicular accidents or 40 percent of the total physical injury incidents. To counter these, a half-day seminar was conducted every Friday to any violators of traffic rules and regulations, he said.