Crime up 25% in Rosarito Beach
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Crime up 25% in Rosarito Beach
According to the Citizens Council on Public Safety for Baja California, reports of crime are up 25% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to last year.
Breaking down the numbers, homicides and robberies – mainly on businesses – were the crimes that registered the highest increases compared to the same period in 2021.
They report a total of 998 crimes that were committed from January to March in Rosarito Beach, compared to 801 registered the previous year.
In the same time period, 55% more ​​homicides were committed this year – 48 in total – with 25 of them in January, 9 in February and 14 in March. A total of 31 murders were committed in the first quarter of 2021.
Store robberies / shoplifting grew by 36%, with 15 crimes of this type reported in comparison to 11 the previous year. Vehicle theft also increased by 20%, adding 170 incidents reported to the State Attorney General’s Office (FGJE).
Home burglaries were actually down 43%, with only 28 such crimes reported in the first quarter compared to 49 last year.
In the month of March, two complaints were also filed for crimes of extortion with 6 reports of kidnapping filed in the first quarter of the year.
Be safe out there boys and girls!
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