Georgetown : The police release statistics saying an overall increase of 5% in serious crimes has been recorded at the end of November 2013 in comparison to the same period in 2012. The total number of reports of serious crimes made between January 01 and November 30, 2013 was 3,690 compared to 3,522 for the same period in 2012. Some of the offences monitored are murder, robbery under arms, robbery with violence, larceny from the person, break and enter and larceny, burglary, rape and kidnapping.
A total of 130 murders were recorded at the end of November 2013 in comparison to 126 murders for the same period in 2012, a 3% increase. Of the 130 murders this year, 52 were of the disorderly type, 21 were committed during armed robberies, 4 were execution type, and 21 were domestic related, while the other 32 are so far undetermined.
At the end of November 2013 robbery under arms overall has increased by 7%, with 1,038 reports compared to 971 for the same period in 2012. The statistics indicate an increase of 16% in the number of armed robberies involving the use of firearms; and a 7% decrease in armed robberies where instruments other than firearms were used by the perpetrators.
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