Wanhua is the most crime-prone district in Taipei City, according to latest crime statistics released by the city’s Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics Wednesday.

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/09/06
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Wanhua is the most crime-prone district in Taipei City,

according to latest crime statistics released by the city’s Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DBAS) Wednesday.

According to Taipei City Police Department statistics, there were a total of 23,551 criminal cases in Taipei from January to July this year, most of which were offenses against public safety with 4,408 cases, followed by burglaries with 3,218 cases, drug-related offenses with 2,754 cases and frauds with 2,446 cases, the DBAS release showed.

During the same period, a total of 23,188 cases were solved, and the clearance rate was 98.5%, according to the police statistics. With regard to Taipei’s administrative districts by crime rate during the same period, Wanhua topped all other districts with 1,550.2 criminal cases per 100,000 persons, followed by Tatung with 1,318 cases. Neihu had the lowest crime rate with 566.3 cases.    [FULL  STORY]