Police registered a total of 16,978 crimes committed in public areas, down by 20.1% from 2014. The BRFK handled 33 homicide cases in 2015 compared with the 45 recorded the previous year.

The police force registered 10 attempted murders last year, down from the 16 registered in 2014.

Crimes of assault increased by 4.7% to 2,117 while crimes of aggravated assault rose by 2% to 1,292 cases.

BRFK dealt with “significantly more” cases of people smuggling last year than in preceding years, with a total of 55 such crimes registered.

Police registered between 2 to 30 human smuggling cases annually between 2010 and 2014. The number of fatal traffic accidents was down by 4%, the report revealed.

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