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 Western Bohemia in 1997

1. Criminality

Overall criminality 26 881   (+3,9%)
Criminality on 10 thousands inhabitants 313   
Clarified crimes 13 248   (+5,7%)
Clarification in % 43,9%   (+0,9%)

The Volume of Criminality in Districts

the highest number of crimes Plze
Karlovy Vary
6 608
5 147
the highest number of crimes /10 thousands inhabitants Karlovy Vary
Plze
Cheb
420
389
389
the lowest number of crimes Rokycany

Domalice
952 (the lowest in the CR)
1 236
the highest increase of crimes Plze-jih
Domalice
+16,6%
+10,7%
the greatest decrease of crimes Karlovy Vary
Sokolov
-2,4%
-0,9%

Clarification of the criminality in Districts

the highest clarification Domalice
Tachov
63,2%
61,4%
the lowest clarification Plze
Karlovy Vary
42,0%
44,3%
the highest increase of clarification Tachov
Plze-sever
+4,9%
+3,6%
the greatest decrease of clarification Rokycany

Klatovy
-5,3% (the third highest in the CR)
-0,9%

The security situation in the Western Bohemia in 1997 could be assessed as stabilized, the breakings of the public order were not noticed.

In 1997 the number of disclosed crimes slightly increased of 3,9% in comparison with 1996. The clarification has remained practically the same 49,3% (+0,8%). 369 crimes were clarified additionally. The Western Bohemia takes the seventh place within the Czech Republic as far as the volume of the criminality is concerned and the third one in the clarification. After the conversion of the criminality on 10 thousands inhabitants (313 crimes) it could be placed among the average burdened regions (fifth place in the Czech Republic). The permanently highest criminality is characteristic for Plze - the city (6.608 crimes), the district of Karlovy Vary (5.147 crimes) and Cheb (3.401 crimes).

Cities of Rokycany (in 1997), Karlovy Vary and Plze (in 1996) were included in the complex co-ordination program of the criminality prevention on the local level.

Overall disclosed damages decreased of 23,9%, in the mean time secured damaged increased of 34,1%.

Offences

The Public Order Police disclosed 76.346 offences in total in the screened period, i.e. about 1,3% less than in 1996. 57.431 offences from the above mentioned number were solved by block penalties amounting to 14.134.640,- CZK.

The Traffic Police disclosed 132.290 offences in the direct road observation, i.e. about 0,2% more than in 1996. 101.315 offeces (-0,1%) were solved by the block penalties in the amount of 34.479.160 CZK (+9,4%) just in the place. Traffic policemen detained 137 crimes offenders in total, brought 19 searched persons up, found 14 stolen cars and made 417 escorts of oversized trucks and various valuables.

Criminality Offenders

The share of habitual offenders on the clarified criminality in the region increased of 0,2% in comparison with 1996 and represented 40,3%. 672 aliens from the overall number of 11.082 offenders were prosecuted, i.e. 6.1%. There were 7.582 first offenders, i.e. 68,4%

2. Security Risks

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

Legal and Illegal Migration

The focus of problems lies in the overborder migration. In 1997 there were 2.032 persons brought up, who tried to cross illegally the state borders. Nationals of Roumania, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan, but also nationals from other states, have tried to cross illegally the state borders mainly with Germany most frequently.

On the basis of "the Re-admission Agreement" there were 19 (-4) transportations of 52 persons from Germany to Slovakia. Policemen of the Alien and Border Police performed 559 escorts of 1.173 persons in the course of the year. 87 persons (+16) were administratively expelled. Alien and Border Police detained 335 persons registered in the searching system PATROS, 22 cars registered in the searching system PATRMV and 135 persons from other evidence records (e.g. TEROR, DROGY, BLOKACE ZJMOVCH OSOB). 77.226.801 persons (-12,5%) were checked-in on the border crossing points in total.

In 1997 the long-term residence permit was granted to 5.331 (-20,4%) persons and premanent residence permit to 1.614 (+44,1%) persons. The increasing trend of foreigneres applications for the long-term residence permits has continued, especially in border districts such as Karlovy Vary, Sokolov, Cheb and Klatovy.

A lot of Vietnamese nationals do their business for the long time in the stand and market halls near the borders with Germany. They commit the criminality themselves (the sale of false marks products, no possibility to prove the origin of goods, the sale of unstamped cigarettes or alcohol, etc.) on the one hand and on the other hand they are victims of the criminality committed by Vietnamese nationals and nationals of the Czech Republic (robberies, thefts, racketeering, burglaries into stands, but also starts of fires of stands).

Organised Crime

There were 133 crimes (+16) disclosed concerning the illicit production and possession of psychotropic substances and poisons and the dissemination of the addiction. The number of drug addicts has increased. There are mainly pervitin, marihuana and heroin, exceptionally cocaine, LSD and ecstasy.

Financial Machinations

The documentation of the criminality in connection with the bankruptcy of the Credit Bank in Plze has continued in the field of financial machinations. (6 managing employees are pursued for the defalcation and 28 private businessmen for frauds. The documentation will continue one more year at least). New forms of machinations are registered in the sphere of the capital market: bringing the enterprises to an insolvency by the fraudulent acquisition of shares, illicit transfers of shares from the Center of Stocks and Shares, tax offences and bank frauds.

Racist Conflicts

28 crimes (+7) with the racist and extremist hidden meaning were registered in the region,the most of them in the district of Domalice (9 crimes), Plze-North (6 crimes), Plze-city (4 crimes) and Sokolov (4 crimes). They did not influenced the security situation by their social danger. There were 4 meetings of members of the Skinheads movement organised in the region (2x in the village of hlavy, 2x in the JAS restaurant in Plze). Security measures were taken in all cases in order to ensure the peace and public order.

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

Criminality of Young People

The continuous attention is paid to the criminality of youth. As far as the criminality of children under 15 years of age is concerned there were 633 crimed (-185 crimes) crimes disclosed, i.e. 4,8% of the overall clarified criminality. Young people between 15 and 18 years of age committed 1.614 clarified crimes (-122 crimes) in the assessed period, i.e. 12,2%. Young people of both groups commit mainly the property criminality (74,4%). Thefts of the objects from cars predominate among simple thefts (911 crimes), burglaries in other facilities, week-end houses and flats prevailed among burglaries (557 crimes). Robberies (64 crimes, 23 of them committed by children) dominate in the violent criminality (208 crimes). 3 murders from the total of 24 murders were committed by young people.

Property Criminality

The slight increase of 604 crimes was noticed at the property criminality, there were 19.212 crimes disclosed. The decrease of 150 crimes concerning burglaries was registered. Burglaries into other facilities, week-end houses, flats and shops have still remained as the problem. The attention is paid to cases of burglaries in cash-boxes and safes, where 46 crimes were discovered. Simple thefts, mainly so called "self-criminality", predominate in the property criminality. In 1997 there were 1.717 motor vehicles stolen, i.e. about 208 more than in 1996. The increase of 353 crimes occurred in thefts of objects from cars as well. There were 3.156 burglaries in cars disclosed in total. Especially car-radios and freely left things are the subject of the criminal interest.

7.480 crimes (+10,6%) were disclosed in the frame of the street criminality. Mainly thefts (4.518 crimes) dominated. The increase of this type of the criminality is affected especially by the district of Plze-city, on which 44,6% of the regional street criminality fall.

Economic Criminality

In 1997 the development of the economic criminality slowly increased on 2.019 crimes (+134 crimes), 98,8% of them were clarified. Disclosed damages reached the amount of 1,742.706.000,- CZK (-549.173.000,- CZK). Crimes of fraud 41,4%, then embezzlement 21,6% and tax evasion 7,5% participate mostly in the economic criminality.

The occurrence of the new qualified forms of the economic criminality committment has increased in this criminality. The Administration of the Western Bohemia points out the problem of continuously changing laws and edicts, including changes and amendments of the material penal law and procession penal law. Processing actions of investigators and state prosecutors in complicated cases are not offensive, the time pause between the disclosed crime and the offensive proceeding action is very long.

In the course of 1997 the agreement with bank representatives was concluded that they will announce immediately any suspicious attempt of financial withdrawals, the close co-operation with financial and control authorities was initiated as well.

Violent Criminality

1.694 violent crimes (+40 crimes) was disclosed in 1997 in total. The clarification was 84,4%. The decline of the most observed categories (murders, robberies) was noticed. There were 24 (-4) murders (including the attempts and preparation) detected, 21 of them were clarified. 329 (-18) robberies were discovered, the clarification was 54,4%. Victims of these robberies were foreigners and employees of post-offices, restaurants, shops and patrol stations. The higher number of robberies with guns - pistols.

Moral Criminality

The moral criminality remains on the same level as in 1996. 225 (+4) crimes were disclosed, the clarification has slightly increased of 1% on 94,7%. The serious security risk has been still represented by the prostitution connected with the criminality in the extent of the small property criminality until the serious violent one. The tourism in districts of Cheb, Karlovy Vary, Sokolov, Domalice and Plze-city creates suitable conditions for the so called sexual tourism. Providing of sexual services has been gradually moving to night erotic clubs because of forcing the street prostitution out.

Security of Road Traffic

In 1997 the number of traffic accidents decreased, however consequences on killed and heavily injured persons were unfavourable. 18.691 (-3,9%) accidents were registered in the region. 142 (+8) persons were killed, 594 (+26) persons were heavily injured and 2.769 (-170) persons slightly injured during these traffic accidents. Damages reached the amount of 650.900.000,- CZK (+56.7000.000,- CZK). Reasons of accidents have been still the same: the wrong way of driving, inadequate speed, not giving the right of way. In the city of Plze the heavy traffic in carriage-way communications caused mainly by camions transpsortation has still lasted. The traffic security actions were organised during the day and night times with the use of means from several districts and with the Police of the Czech Republic, Administration of the Western Bohemia.

Other Measures and Co-operation


The Western 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 25 863 26 881 3,9
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
12 529
48,4
13 248
49,3
5,7
-
Disclosed damages in total (in thousands CZK) 2 291 878 1 742 706 -24,0
Secured damages 16 080 21 564 34,1
Common criminality 21 741 22 577 3,8
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
8 563
39,4
9 106
40,3
6,3
-
Violent criminality1 654 1 694 2,4
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: Robberies
      Murders
      Intentional health harm
1 398
84,5
347
28
434
1 430
84,4
329
24
451
2,3
-
-5,2
-14,3
3,9
Moral criminality2212251,8
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: Violation
207
93,7
60
213
94,7
40
2,9
-
-33,3
Property criminality 18 608 19 212 3,2
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
5 753
30,9
6 060
31,5
5,3
-
Burglaries7 2137 063 -2,1
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: in flats
      in week-end houses
2 169
30,1
715
1 731
2 099
29,7
575
1 679
-3,2
-
-19,6
-3,0
Simple thefts9 88510 4615,8
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: motor vehicles
      objects from cars
      bicycles
      pocket thefts
Frauds
2 714
27,5
1 509
2 803
890
453
464
2 995
28,6
1 717
3 156
978
371
426
10,4
-
13,8
12,6
3,1
-18,1
-8,2
Economic criminality1 885 2 019 7,1
Clarified crimes
i. e. in %
from that: frauds
      embezzlement
1 862
98,8
830
373
1 994
98,8
835
437
7,1
-
0,6
17,2


The Western Bohemia - the Development of the Criminality in Separate Districts in 1996 and 1997
  Year 1996Year 1997change
Regiondisclosed crimes clarified crimes quantity./ 10th inhab. clarification in % disclosed crimes clarified crimes quantity./ 10th inhab. clarifity in % disclosed crimes in % clarifity in % % of clarifity
Domalice 1 117698 191 62,5 1 236 781 21263,2 10,7 11,9 0,7
Cheb 3 198 1 663 36552,0 3 4011 75338951,5 6,35,4-0,5
K. Vary 5 2732 28643043,4 5 1472 28142044,3 -2,4-0,21,0
Klatovy 2 2181 078 24948,6 2 4051 147 27147,7 8,4 6,4-0,9
Plze 6 261 2 639 36642,1 6 6082 77338942,0 5,55,1-0,2
Plze - jih 1 127 528 16746,9 1 314650 19549,5 16,6 23,12,6
Plze - sever1 525 779211 51,1 1 555 851214 54,72,09,23,6
Rokycany 88853019459,7 95251820854,4 7,2 -2,3 -5,3
Sokolov 2 804 1 507 29653,7 2 7791 58329357,0 -0,95,03,2
Tachov 1 452 82128456,5 1 48491128961,4 2,211,04,8
In total 25 86312 529 301 48,4 26 881 13 248 313 49,3 3,9 5,7 0,8


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