SEMARANG - Semarang Polrestabes recorded an upward trend in crimes of persecution and theft by weighting in the capital city of Central Java throughout 2023.

Semarang Police Chief Kombes Irwan Anwar said that during this year there were 1,519 crimes handled.

Of these, crimes of persecution were recorded at 191 cases.

This number, he continued, increased compared to the previous year which reached 173 cases.

The theft cases with weights increased from 114 cases in 2022 to 167 cases in 2023.

"Of the 936 reports that came in, 715 reports have been completed," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, December 28.

Kombes Irwan Anwar said the conventional crime trend still dominates the trend of crime that occurred during 2023.

He emphasized that the response and rapid settlement of cases were part of efforts to prevent crime.

Tens of thousands of CCTVs installed at various points in the city of Semarang, he continued, are an effort to prevent crime.


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