Crime in Narsora
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Crime in Narsora is overall relatively low although crimes such as Assault, Sexual and Theft fluctuate.
Types of Crime
Murder
For 2017 the murder rate per 100,000 was 1.51 or 415 murders. According to annual statistics published by the Ministry of Interior in January 2018, 40% or 166 murders in 2017 were due to domestic violence incidences which is a 43% increase over the previous year. This is similar to neighboring countries for the same time frame. 55% or 228 murders were of all other types and 5% or 20 murders were hate crime related.
Sexual Assault
The incident of sexual assaults for 2017 per 100,000 persons was 28.4 which correlates to 7,803 rapes for the entire year.
Hate Crimes
The incident of hate crimes has risen steadily by 15% since 2014. For 2016, police recorded a total of 4,800 hate crimes or 17.71 per 100,000 persons of which 29 were classified as murders. One of these incidents led to the stabbing death's of a Torisakian man and a police officer. In 2017, the Ministry of Interior recorded 4,376 hate crimes or 15.97 per 100,000. Which is a decrease of 6.8%, the first such in five years.
Domestic Violence
Domestic violence remains one of the most tense topics of concern for the country as the the rate of domestic violence related murders has risen by 50%. In 2016, one of these incidences lead to the deaths of three people including a police officer.
