The Report on Security Situation in the Territory of the Czech Republic in 1997 (Comparison with 1996)


The Security Situation in the Territory of the Eastern Bohemia in 1997

1. Criminality

Overall criminality 30 187   (-1,5%)
Criminality on 10 thousands inhabitants245    
Clarified crimes 18 173   (-0,7%)
Clarification in % 60,2%   (+0,5%)

The Volume of Criminality in Districts

the highest number of crimes Pardubice
Hradec Králové
5 024
3 928
the highest number of crimes /10 thousands inhabitantsPardubice
Semily
309
285
the lowest number of crimes Havlíčkův Brod
Rychnov n. Kněžnou
1 586
1 750
the highest increase of crimes Náchod
Svitavy
+8,6%
+7,2%
the greatest decrease of crimes Trutnov
Pardubice
-11,8%
-7,1%

Clarification of the criminality in Districts

the highest clarification Rychnov n. Kněžnou

Náchod
72,4% (the highest in the CR)
65,6% (the second highest in the CR)
the lowest clarification Svitavy
Semily
54,4%
54,8%
the highest increase of clarification Náchod
Pardubice
+3,7%
+2,9%
the greatest decrease of clarification Svitavy
Havlíčkův Brod
-4,0%
-2,7%


In 1997 there were 30.187 crimes disclosed in the Eastern Bohemia, which represented a slight decrease of 1,5% (-459 crimes). The development shows that the year 1993 was really the top of the criminality hyperbole and since the number of detected crimes has been slightly decreasing. The Eastern Bohemia has remained on the 6th place in the Czech Republic in the conversion of the criminality on 10 thousands inhabitants (245 crimes) in comparison with other regions. The clarification 60,2% (+0,5%) has been permanently the highest in the Czech Republic. There were 445 crimes clarified additionally in the screened period.

The decline occurred in the districts with the highest criminality - Pardubice (5.024 crimes), Hradec Králové (3.928 crimes and Trutnov (3.387 crimes), (except for the district of Hradec Králové +37 crimes). After the conversion of the criminality of 10 thousands inhabitants the most burdened districts are still Pardubice (309 crimes), Semily (285 crimes) and Trutnov (278 crimes), however in comparison with districts of other regions as well as concerning the average criminality on 10 thousands inhabitants in the Czech Republic (392 crimes) these numbers are relatively low.

The city of Pardubice was included in the complex co-ordination programme of the riminality prevention on the local level in the frame of the criminality prevention.

In 1997 the further increase of disclosed damages, which reached the amount of 3.441.792.000,- CZK, i.e. about 1.555.541.000,- CZK more than in the previous year, occurred.

Offences

In 1997 there were 165.568 offences discovered in total. The basic units of the Public Order and Alien and Border Police solved 81.944 offences (+3.671) in total. 50.246 (+6.504) offences of them were solved in the field of the security of the road traffic, 11.688 (-1.822) offences in the sphere of the public order. 56.970 (+4.0222) offences from the total number was solved by the block penalties by amount of 14.204.560,- CZK, 10701 (633) offences were announced for the solution, 13.550 (-996) were postponed and 11.694 (-822) offences were postponed from the reason of not disclosing the offender. Traffic Police solved 83.624 offences (+3.348) in the total amount of 50.549.290,- CZK. 13.295 (+1.406) serious breakings of road traffic rules were solved by the administration proceedings by the amount of 31.782.100,- CZK (+3.053.850,- CZK).

Criminality Offenders

Habitual offenders committed 6.355 clarified crimes (-50 crimes), i.e. 35%, foreigners committed 750 crimes (-330 crimes), which represents 4,1% of the overall clarified criminality.

2. Security Risks

2a) Risks with the international element, which are directly connected with the stability of the political system

Security risks with the international element are defined in the Eastern Bohemia mainly in connection with the state border with the Polish Republic and the criminality of foreigners.

Legal and Illegal Migration

In 1997 the migration of persons mainly from the countries of the former Soviet Union, in the smaller extent from Bulgaria, Afghanistan and Vietnam, was noticed in the Eastern Bohemia. The great part of these persons stayed in the territory of the Czech Republic illegally and was employed with Czech and also foreign enterprises. Their movement within the whole territory of the Czech Republic is very difficult to control. 1.492 (+749) persons received the prohibition of stay in the Czech Republic, 36 (+22) persons were administratively expelled.

Organised Crime

The police of the Eastern Bohemia meets the organised criminality mainly in connection with smuggling of people, drugs and guns, then at car thefts and the transfer of stolen cars across the border, at robberies and racketeering. Contacts between drugs producers and distributors from the Czech Republic and Poland are established, raw materials for drugs production are transported across the border. The distribution of produced drugs is made in the territories of both states, mainly by young people under 20 years of age in discotheques, clubs, social actions and at schools. In the course of 1997 the group of persons from Poland was investigated, which imported illegally more than 0,5 kg of amphetamine in the Czech Republic and provided its sale in the territory of the Czech Republic.

Racist Conflicts

There were 19 cases of crimes with xenophobia and racist motives recorder in the screened period. The majority of cases was in the districts of Pradubice (8), then Jičín (4), Náchod (3) Hradec Králové, Svitavy, Trutnov and Ústí nad Orlicí (each 1 case). The most serious case occurred in Pardubice, where approximately 15 drunk supporters of Skinheads movement expresse their sympathy to fascism, and then at Svitavy, where the member of Skinheeads movement attacked a Romany national with the knife and injured him in the right part of his chest. All these actions were fortuitous, not planned, however the offenders were found and are prosecuted.

2b) Risks directly affecting the level of the citizens consciousness of the protection of their freedoms, health and property

Criminality of Young People

Children under 15 years of age committed 1.078 crimes (-172 crimes), it means the share of 5,9% in the structure of offenders, young people (15-18 years of age) committed 1.892 crimes (-237 crimes) in total, i.e. 10,4% (this means the decrease of 1,2%, in 1996 the decline of 1,5% occcurred as well). 2.871 crimes (-402 crimes) were committed by youth in total. Their share on the total number of crimes is 15,8%.

Property Criminality

19.613 property crimes (-891 crimes) was disclosed. The fact that the property criminality has been decreasing for the long time is positive. The number of burglaries declined again (-289 crimes) in 5 districts of the region. However the burglaries in shops (582 crimes, +30 crimes), flats (748 crimes, +22 crimes) and week-end houses of private persons (1.852 crimes, +144 crimes) increased. The remarkable decline was noticed at simple thefts down to 10.726 crimes (-440 crimes). Less cases of pocket thefts (243 crimes, -53 crimes), bikes thefts (2.318 crimes, -169 crimes) as well as car thefts (1.229 crimes, -74 crimes) were disclosed. More frequent are the thefts of objects from cars (2.168 crimes, +267 crimes). In spite of reaching the higher clarification +2,1% to 28,6%, caused damages are approximately about 5 mil. CZK higher than in 1996. The number of frauds decreased on 670 crimes (-281 crimes).

The Administration of the Eastern Bohemia indicates that the share of aliens on car thefts followed by their transportation and sale abroad has been increasing. The number of organised groups committing crimes concerning motor vehicles, which are used for spare parts has been increasing (two persons or the whole groups). Older cars of home trademarks, which are used for spare parts, represent the risk group. The number of frauds with cars belonging to leasing companies has been increasing as well as insurance frauds.

Economic Criminality

The economic criminality increased of 350 crimes and reached the number of 3.854 crimes in 1997. The clarification was successfully increased of 1,4%, i.e. to 97,9%. The increase of crimes wa recorded in 7 districts, the highest in the districts of Pardubice (578 crimes, +157 crimes) and Ústí nad Orlicí (533 crimes, +153 crimes). The highest decrease was in the districts of Jičín (187 crimes, -70 crimes) and Trutnov (306 crimes, -63 crimes). Economic frauds have the dominant position, however their decline was noticed (-75 crimes) down to 1.770 crimes, tax evasions decreased as well (-7 crimes), there were 58 tax evasions disclosed, frauds concerning social and health insurance remained on the same level (17 crimesú. The number of crimes concerning the damage to creditor, favouritizing of creditor and intrigues during the competition and compensatory proceedings increased considerably. The increase of above mentioned crimes was of +566 cases, their number grew from 56 cases in 1996 up to 622 cases in 1997.

The criminality concerning the fictious assignments of tax on value still has overlasted in the economic criminality as well as the criminality with payment means including the share of foreigners during the establishment of united firms covering the crimes of import from abroad (different goods is imported and different goods is entered in the customs declaration for payment the customs fees).

The Administration of the Eastern Bohemia considers the newly occurred criminality of withdrawals of a great financial amounts on counterfeited credit cards and personal documents, especially passports, to be another security risk.

Violent Criminality

In comparison with 1996 there was the decline of 117 crimes, 2.073 violent crimes were disclosed in total, the clarification was 91,5%. The majority of crimes was committed in the district of Pardubice (346 crimes, -56 crimes), which however showed the highest decline together with the district of Trutnov (-222 crimes). In 1997 there were 31 (+11) murders detected in total in the region. All murders were clarified and what is more one murder from 1996 was clarified too. Family relations were the most frequent motive. Crimes concerning bodily harm, dangerous threats, breaking of house freedom, racketeering and robberies have the dominant position in the violent criminality.

Moral Criminality

214 crimes were disclosed in the frame of the violent criminality in total, which is less about 44 crimes than in the previous year. The highest increase was in Havlíčkův Brod (15 crimes) and Jičín (18 crimes) together of +11 cases, the highest decline occurred in Ústí nad Orlicí of 22 crimes (only 2 crimes disclosed) and Hradec Králové of 19 crimes (24 crimes disclosed). The sexual abuse, followed by the violation and the sexual abuse in dependence are still dominant crimes of the moral criminality.

Security of Road Traffic

In 1997 there were 20.095 traffic accidents recorded in the Eastern Bohemia in total. 170 (+0) persons were killed, 832 (+8) heavily and 3.651 (-126) slightly injured. Material damages amounted to 593.192.400,- CZK (+93.181.700,- CZK). The way of driving 10.538 (+1.671), driving speed 3.752 (-999), not giving the right of way 3.081 (-3) and overtaking 806 (+46) are the main reasons of accidents. The number of accidents under the influence of an alcohol increased of 33 (1.147). These trends are the same as in 1996. The majority of traffic accidents was caused by the drivers of motor vehicles 18.177 (+715), drivers of non-motor vehicles 584 (+26), pedestrians 318 (-20) and the technical defect on vehicle of the driver 287 (+10). From the place, where the accidents occurred, point of view the villages (14.042) and highways of the 1st class are in the first place. The number of killed persons is lower in villages (76) than on highways of the 1st class (85). Some objective and subjective factors such as the state of communications and traffic indicators, technical state of cars, inexperience of drivers-beginners and the level of the legal consciousness to follow determined road traffic regulations have still negatively affected the traffic accidents volume.

The Administration of the Eastern Bohemia reacts on the increasing extent of the road traffic and traffic accidents by a number of security traffic measures. The traffic actions focused on above mentioned main reasons of traffic accidents are organised. There were 305 security traffic actions organised in total, 155 of them were focused on driving a car under the influence of an alcohol. Actions were realized in the co-operation with other police services, military traffic police and other institutions. In 1998 the police of the Eastern Bohemia will continue in realized measures.


The Eastern Bohemia - the Development of the Criminality in 1996 and 1997 and the Change between these two Years in %

  1996 1997 Change in % +/-
Disclosed crimes in total 3 646 30 187 -1,5
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
18 299
59,7
18 173
60,2
-0,7
-
Disclosed damages in total (in thousands CZK) 1 886 251 3 441 792 82,5
Secured damages 31 08016 330-47,5
Common criminality 24 665 23 633 -4,2
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
12 506
50,7
11 770
49,8
-5,9
-
Violent criminality 2 190 2 073 -5,3
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: Robberies
      Murders
      Intentional health harm
2 030
92,7
185
20
661
1 896
91,5
181
31
687
-6,6
-
-2,2
55,0
3,9
Moral criminality258214-17,1
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: Violation
251
97,3
77
207
96,7
60
-17,5
-
-22,1
Property criminality 20 504 19 613 -4,3
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
8 558
41,7
7 987
40,7
-6,7
-
Burglaries7 547 7 258 -3,8
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: in flats
      in week-end houses
2 838
37,6
726
1 708
2 849
39,9
748
1 852
0,4
-
3,0
8,4
Simple thefts11 16610 726-3,9
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: motor vehicles
      objects from cars
      bicycles
      pocket thefts
Frauds
4 351
39,0
1 303
1 901
2 487
296
951
3 944
36,8
1 229
2 168
2 318
243
670
-9,4
-
-5,7
14,0
-6,8
-17,9
-29,5
Economic criminality 3 504 3 854 10,0
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: frauds
      embezzlement
3 380
96,5
1 845
630
3 771
97,8
1 770
666
11,6
-
-4,1
5,7


The Eastern Bohemia - the Development of the Criminality in Separate Districts in 1996 and 1997
  Year 1996Year 1997 change
Disctrict disclosed crimesclarified crimesquantity./ 10th inhab. clarification in %disclosed crimes clarified crimesquantity./ 10th inhab. clarifity in % disclosed crimes in % clarifity in %% of clarifity
Havlíčkův Brod 1668 1 008 174 60,43 1 586 915 165 57,7 -4,9 -9,2 -2,7
Hradec Králové 3 891 2 273 240 58,42 3 928 2 290 243 58.3 1,0 0,7 -0,1
Chrudim 2 325 1 424 22061,25 2 292 1, 350 217 58,9 -1,4 -5,2 -2,3
Jičín 2 122 1 330 27262,68 2 154 1 30227760,4 1,5-2,1 -2,2
Náchod 2 618 1 619 23361,84 2 844 1 865 25265,6 8,6 15,23,7
Pardubice 5 4102 983332 55,14 5 024 2 91730958,1 -7,1 -2,22,9
Rychnov n. Kn. 1 717 1 216217 70,82 1 750 1 267 22172,41,9 4,2 1,6
Semily2 123 1 176 28055,39 2 154 1 181 285 54,8 1,5 0,4 -0,6
Svitavy 2 134 1 248 20858,48 2 287 1 245 22354,47,2 -0,2 -4,0
Trutnov 3 839 2 29731559,83 3 387 2 077278 61,3 -11,8 -9,6 1,5
Ústí n. O. 2 799 1 725 201 61,632 781 1 764 200 63,4-0,6 2,31,8
In total 30 646 18 299248 59,71 30 187 18 173 245 60,2 -1,5-0,7 0,5


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