Dubai: Serious crimes in Dubai have fallen 34 per cent in the first quarter of 2010 over the same period last year, a senior Dubai Police officer has said.
During an assessment recently on the occurrence of serious crimes in Dubai, police revealed that there was also a significant drop of 53 per cent in unresolved crimes during the same period.
Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Director of the General Department for Criminal Investigations of Dubai Police, said the significant drop in crimes is attributed to strong coordination between different police departments and programmes implemented by police stations.
The crime prevention department, the crime monitoring department, criminal prosecution department, and the criminal investigations division within the General Department of Criminal investigations contributed to cut unresolved crimes, he said.
The drop in serious crimes such as armed robberies, assault, sexual harassment, murder, kidnap and suicide was the most in Bur Dubai Police station.
It topped the list of police stations in curbing crimes by 85 per cent in the first quarter of this year over the same period of last year.
This is followed by Al Qusais Police Station that managed to reduce serious crimes by 68 per cent in the first quarter, while Al Rifa'a and Al Rashidiya Police Stations saw serious crimes drop by 59 per cent and 52 per cent, respectively.
Minor robberies in Dubai fell by 52 per cent, and thefts from residences by 65 per cent, and thefts from vehicles by 55 per cent during the first three months over the same period last year, said Brigadier Al Mansouri.
According to him, bounced cheque cases can be officially registered by online system that is linked to all police stations. Earlier, the system was only linked to Al Muraqabbat police station.
