RASI – Overall crime decreases and violent crime increases in 2024
Violent and serious crime increased by 2.6% last year compared to 2023, with 14,385 crimes registered, while general crime fell by 4.6% with 354,878 reports, according to the Annual Internal Security Report (RASI). Alist of the highest general crimes is at the end of this post.
General crime is similar to that in 2015 when 356,032 crimes were registered, a difference of 0.3%.
A preliminary version of the 2024 RASI, a document that has been approved by the Superior Council for Internal Security, shows that in violent and serious crime, the crimes that increased the most were robbery by snatching (up 8.7%), car theft (up 106.3%), robbery in commercial or industrial buildings (up 21.7%), rape (up 9.9%) and robbery at banks or other credit institutions (up 128.6%).
Violent crimes that fell the most last year compared to 2023 were harrasment in the work place (-16.2%), serious assualts (-6.1%), robbery on public roads except by snatching (-0.3%), other robberies (-8.3%) and robbery at a fuel station (-12.3%).
Regarding the crime of rape, the preliminary RASI document indicates that last year there were 543 rapes, 49 more than in 2023, when 494 were registered. Another crime with the biggest increase was bank robbery, which in 2024 totaled 32, 18 more than in 2023.
Homicides registered a small decrease, with 89 crimes being reported, one less than in 2023.
RASI states that, of the 89 homicides, 23 were in the context of domestic violence (one more than the previous year), with knives and firearms continuing to be the instruments most used for homicides.
General crime, which is recorded by the GNR, PSP, PJ, Maritime Police, Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE), Tax and Customs Authority (AT) and Military Judicial Police, totaled 354,878 reports in 2024, 17,117 fewer than in 2023.
In terms of general crime the highest was again Domestic violence with 26,041 cases reported. This was a reduction of 0.5% compared with 2024.followed by simple assaults 24,383.
The full list of the most reported crimes in 2024 is as follows.
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