The Public Order and Internal Security Situation in the Regions of the Czech Republic in 1999

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East Bohemia

Area  (km2):
Population:
Unemployment rate:
Density:

11,240
1,233,215
8.20
110


Development of crime in 1997 - 1999
Kind of crime 1997 1998 1999
  Crime Clr. up Det. rate (%) Crime Clr. up Det. rate (%) Crime Clr. up Det. rate (%)
Total crime 30,187 18,173 60.2 31,051 19,579 63.1 30,850 19,523 63.3
Development changes -459 -126 +0.5 +864 +1,406 +2.9 -201 -56 +0.2
Violent crimes 2,073 1,896 91.5 2,112 1,941 91.9 1,833 1,689 92.1
Murders 31 31 100.0 36 36 100.0 30 29 96.7
Robberies 181 102 56.4 217 132 60.8 169 95 56.2
Moral crimes 214 207 96.7 230 218 94.8 202 194 96.0
Rape 60 54 90.0 62 53 85.5 71 65 91.5
Crimes against property 19,613 7,987 40.7 18,951 7,895 41.7 18,342 7,454 40.6
Total burglaries 7,258 2,849 39.3 6,478 2,576 39.8 6,022 2,443 40.6
Burglaries to flats 748 317 42.4 670 330 49.3 662 355 53.6
Burglaries to weekend houses 1,852 857 46.3 1,692 799 47.2 1,464 633 43.2
Common thefts 10,726 3,944 36.8 10,797 4,078 37.8 10,780 3,987 37.0
Pickpockets 243 64 26.3 213 58 27.2 199 64 32.2
Car thefts 1,229 546 44.4 1,142 518 45.4 1,141 504 44.2
Thefts from cars 2,168 621 28.6 2,320 631 27.2 2,396 607 25.3
Bicycle thefts 2,318 426 18.4 2,210 494 22.4 2,122 468 22.1
Economic crimes 3,854 3,771 97.8 4,696 4,566 97.2 5,228 5,052 96.6
Embezzlement 666 664 99.7 808 807 99.9 941 937 99.6
Fraud 1,770 1,752 99.0 1,907 1,884 98.8 2,168 2,131 98.3

Crime in East Bohemia in 1999
Total crime 30,850 (-0.6 %)
Crime per 10,000 inhabitants 250  
Number of crimes cleared up 19,523 (-0.3 %)
Average detection rate (%) 63.3 % (+0.2 %)

Crime in districts
The highest number of crimes Pardubice 4,842
  Hradec Králové 4,260
The highest number of crimes /10,000 inhabitants Pardubice 299
  Semily 275
The lowest number of crimes Havlíčkův Brod 1,758
  Jičín 1,992
The highest increase in crimes (%) Chrudim +13.9 %
  Hradec Králové + 7.8 %
The highest decrease in crimes (%) Jičín -12.1 %
  Náchod -6.7 %

In 1999, crime stagnated in East Bohemia; a total number of 30,850 crimes were ascertained (-0.6%) while the detection rate increased. In terms of total number of crimes East Bohemia ranks sixth in the Czech Republic (from eight evaluated regions) The detection rate is 63,3 % (+0.2%), which is by 20 % more than the republic average detection rate, which is 43.5%.

The total damage caused by crimes in 1999 amounted to CZK 1,965,349,000 (in 1998 CZK 2,200,221,000) with the average damage per one crime being CZK 63,707 (in 1998 CZK 70.858). Common crime caused damage at the amount of CZK 478,281,000. There was damage of CZK 20,873 per one common crime.

Misdemeanours

In 1999, a total number of 189,025 misdemeanours were ascertained. The basic uniformed police and border police departments handled 88,537 misdemeanours (+3,725). Out of this number, 56,703 (+3,676) misdemeanours related to road safety, 11,342 (-507) misdemeanours were connected with the public order. Of the total number of misdemeanours, 62,445 (+2,412) were solved by a fine with the total amount of CZK 18,309,730, 11,602 (+1,199) were reported to the relevant authorities, 13,816 (+220) misdemeanours were suspended and 11.450 (-27) misdemeanours were suspended since an offender remained unknown.

The traffic police handled 85,448 misdemeanours (+1.824) and collected the amount of CZK 68,627,000, out of which in administrative proceedings 13,295 (+1.406 ) serious violations of traffic rules were solved and the offenders were fined by the total amount of CZK 31.782.100 (+3,053,850).

The district immigration police fined 3,393 foreigners for violation of the Act No. 123/92 Coll. Immigration Act, the total amount collected was CZK 2,523,400. The most frequent offenders were citizens of Ukraine, Byelorussia, Slovakia, and Poland.

The local immigration police solved 11,647 misdemeanours by fines amounting CZK 8,758,500 and 10 misdemeanours were reported to the relevant authorities.

The total amount collected through fine reached CZK 98,218,630.

Crime Offenders

In 1999, the total number of persons investigated or prosecuted was 13,037 (-935).

Repeat offenders committed in 1999 less crimes – 5,717 (-635) and their proportion in the total crime was lower as well - (29.3%, -3.2%). The decrease of this proportion should be attributed to the fact that more repeat offenders are being imprisoned and to the stricter manner of the East Bohemian Police towards serious crimes.

Foreigners committed altogether 791 crimes, which accounts for 4.1% of the total number of crimes detected. In 1999, 627 foreigners were prosecuted which was 14 more than in the previous year. 159 (20%) Slovak citizens committed crimes, which is the highest number among foreigners. They committed a total number of 218 crimes (27%).

Of the total number of 19,523 crimes cleared up, 657 i.e. 3.4 % were committed under the influence of alcohol. In comparison with 1998 it was a decline of 0.9 %.

Migration

In comparison with 1998 the number of attempts to cross the national border illegally increased by almost 10% (859 persons). The proportion of detection by the border police of such crimes fell. Of the total number of illegal border crossings ascertained, 81 persons (about 10%) were from risky countries. In particular they were from the former Soviet Union (Ukraine, Byelorussia, Moldavia, Russia, Tajikistan) and from Balkan countries (Rumania, Bulgaria). The migration wave from Yugoslavia did not affect the national border with Poland.

The neighbourhood of official border crossings represents an ideal space for illegal crossings of the national border whether with an assistant or without one. The environs of border crossings in Harrachov, Královec, and Náchod seem to be the most critical. After questioning migrating persons it is obvious that they easily find the way, seeing the electric posts and railways. Such divisions are in the environs of the national border crossings Lichkov - Mezdzylesie, Meziměstí - Golinsk, Královec - Lubawka.

Náchod border crossing is used for its good geographical location not only as a point of orientation, but it is also used to legalise foreigners` residence in the Czech Republic. This fact relates to the foreigners who, apart from a passport, need also an invitation or a voucher. A foreigner (mainly citizens of Ukraine) arrives at the border crossing for a so-called ”new round”. It means that the foreigners leave the Czech Republic for 1 or 2 hours and they return back to the Czech Republic with a new invitation or a voucher, which enables them to stay for another 30 days in the case of the invitation or for a number of days contained in a voucher. With our current legal regulations it is impossible to verify whether those documents are genuine or whether the services included in the voucher will be provided. Thus it is not possible to prohibit such foreigners from entering our territory.

The situation with invitations is very similar to vouchers; the only difference is that invitations are provided by Czech citizens for a fee of CZK 300 – 500. From information available, it is clear that one Czech citizen living in a flat having one kitchen and one bedroom invites 20 foreigners at the same time. Although a person inviting a foreigner is obliged to cover all cost relating to the stay of a foreigner in the Czech Republic and to his/her departure, it is not possible to enforce such duty since the current legal regulations are not able to measure the amount of such costs.

The immigration police captured in the course of 1999 the migration of persons from Ukraine, Moldavia, Byelorussia and in smaller extent also from other countries, such as Bulgaria, Rumania and some Asian countries. The crimes related to legalisation of the foreigners` residence in the Czech Republic were obvious in 1999. This applies mainly to Vietnamese citizens who submitted clear criminal registers even though they were prosecuted for some crimes.

The local immigration police offices detected a total number of 19 crimes – e.g. they apprehended 63 person and 10 motor vehicles included in a republic-wide search of files and in other kinds of files.

In the year monitored, the immigration police detected 217 crimes according to Sec. 171/1b, 250, 209, 148, 125, 118 of the Criminal Code, which were submitted to a police investigator. The individual departments of the Czech police were given 232 pieces of information relating to crimes committed by foreigners and the state administrative bodies, such as job centres, tax authorities, trade licensing offices, were given 342 pieces of information on illegal acting of foreigners.

Drugs

Even though in 1999 the police ascertained 88 fewer cases of spreading addiction than in the previous year, the number of crimes ascertained represents about 38 % of the total crimes of this kind committed in the Czech Republic (1,302 crimes). There was a considerable increase in the crimes of unauthorised production and possession of narcotic and psychotropic substances and poisons. In 1998, the police detected 236 cases, in 1999 496 (+260), approximately 210 % of the previous year.

In addition to marijuana and pervitin, drug addicts showed interest in more expensive narcotics such as LSD and ecstasy.

Crimes of Extremist Nature

In 1999, there were 19 crimes motivated by racism while in 1999 the police detected 22 (-3) of them. Most cases – 7 – happened in the Náchod district, 4 cases in the Trutnov district, 3 cases were ascertained in the Pardubice district, 2 cases in the Havlíčkův Brod a Jičín districts and 1 case was detected in the Rychnov nad Kněžnou district.

Criminal Activities by Juveniles

Children aged 6 to 15 committed 921 (-74) offences, which accounts for 4.7% (-0.3%); juveniles aged 15 to 18 let committed a total number of 1,787 (-226) crimes, i.e. 9.2% (-1.1%).

Youth committed altogether 2,609 (-276 crimes). The proportion of young people in all crimes detected is 13.4% (-1.4%).

Crimes Against Property

In 1999, the police ascertained 18,342 (-609 crimes) crimes against property. The detection rate fell by 1.02 % (40.6%). However the detection rate of burglaries went up by 0.8 % (40.6%). This is due to the higher detection rate of thefts from vaults, which increased by 3 %, but especially due to increasing detection rate of burglaries to cultural and church premises, where it reached 48.2% (+ 22.1%). Four series containing 4, 15, 17 and 21 burglaries were successfully cleared up thanks also to co-operation with the church and the offices in charge of historical monuments. To clear up these cases, policemen participated in legal and illegal exchanges, events held by collectors of articles of arts, and auctions with articles of arts.

The detection rate increased also in burglaries to flats by 4.4% to 53.6%. The police managed to clear up 67 cases with the damager of CZK 4.7 million. Those cases affected also regions of North and Moravia.

The detection rate related to car thefts and thefts from cars is higher by 0.57 % and accounts for 40.8 % (the republic average is 22.6 %).

The Czech Police Headquarters in East Bohemia established the 3rd department of the criminal police and they also strengthened the departments handling car theft in the district police offices. The positive results in this field are supported by establishment of a special team having about 10 policemen.

Economic Crimes

In 1999, there were 5,228 economic rimes (+532 crimes.); 5,052 of them were cleared up (+486 crimes). However, the detection rate decreased by 0.8% because of the fact that economic cases are very complex and are investigated for a long time. The detection rate is still 96.6%

Frauds are the most frequent crimes in the structure of economic crimes and the police recorded their increase as in 1998. (In 1998 there were 1,907 such crimes). In 1999 there were 2,168 (+261 crimes.). Frauds are followed by embezzlement with 941 crimes (+133 crimes) and defrauding a creditor and machinations in bankruptcy and composition proceedings with 926 crimes (+37 crimes).

Economic crimes caused damage amounting CZK 1,474,072.000, i.e. 75 %. The damage ascertained per one economic crime is CZK 281,957. Economic crimes are considered to be very serious due to the large amount of damage caused.

Violent Crimes

In 1999, fewer murders were ascertained (30 crimes -6 crimes). Out of them only one murder was not cleared up (the murder of Miloš Špalek from 22nd April 1999). It is a case involving the settling of the score between the persons, while in other cases, murders having personal motifs prevail. The police managed to clear up two murders from previous years: the murder of the citizen of Bulgaria Gregorov committed on 1st July 1995 in the Halvíčkův Brod district, and the murder of Josef Košťál from the Jičín district committed on 19th June 1996.

In 1999, robberies fell, both the total number of crimes (169, -48), and their detection rate (56.2 %, -4.2 %).

Moral Crimes

Moral crimes also saw a decline (202 crimes, -28 crimes), however their detection rate fell as well (96.0%, -1.2 %). In comparison with 1998, rapes went up (71, +9) and sexual abuse decreased (93 crimes, -34 crimes). As for other sexual deviations there was a decline (7 crimes, -6 crimes). In 1999, no cases of trade in women were ascertained.

Road Safety

In 1999, the police of East Bohemia registered 23,152 (+1.871) traffic accidents. 181 (+30) persons were killed, 813 (-68) received serious injuries and 3,400 (-184 received light injuries. Material damage reached CZK 729,317,000 (+46,905,700).

The police of East Bohemia responded to undisciplined road users and the rate of traffic accidents by a range of adopted measures aiming at actual situations, focusing mainly on the places known for a number of collisions. Attention is paid to dangerous situations and to places where the traffic is very intense. Special road checks and road safety actions rank among those measures. Such actins are carried out in close co-operation and with the participation of other Czech police departments.

In 1999, the traffic police apprehended 120 criminal offenders, 16 searched persons and 12 stolen cars.

East Bohemia - crime development in 1998 and 1999 and the change of development in percentage
  1998 1999 +/- change in %
Total crime ascertained 31,051 30,850 -0.6
Crimes cleared up 19,579 19,523 -0.3
which accounts for (%) 63.1 63.3 -
Total damage ascertained (in thousands of CZK) 2,200,221 1,965,349 -10.7
Secured damage (in thousands of CZK) 14,749 9,499 -35.6
Common crimes 23,782 22,914 -3.6
Crimes cleared up 12,487 11,818 -5.4
which accounts for (%) 52.5 51.6 -
Violent crimes 2,112 1,833 -13.2
Crimes cleared up 1,941 1,689 -13.0
which accounts for (%) 91.9 92.1 -
Of which: Robberies 217 169 -22.1
                   Murders 36 30 -16.7
                   Intentional injury to health 658 601 -8.7
                   Dangerous threats 392 312 -20.4
                   Extortion 235 178 -24.3
Moral crime 230 202 -12.2
Crimes cleared up 218 194 -11.0
which accounts for (%) 94.8 96.0 -
Of which: Rape 62 71 14.5
                   Procurement (pandering) 3 5 66.7
Crimes against property 18,951 18,342 -3.2
Crimes cleared up 7,895 7,454 -5.6
which accounts for (%) 41.7 40.6 -
Burglaries 6,478 6,022 -7.0
Crimes cleared up 2,576 2,443 -5.2
which accounts for (%) 39.8 40.6 -
Of which: to shops 448 471 5.1
                   to flats 670 662 -1.2
                   to weekend houses 1,692 1,464 -13.5
Common thefts 10,797 10,780 -0.2
Crimes cleared up 4,078 3,987 -2.1
which accounts for (%) 37.8 37.0 -
Of which: car theft 1,142 1,141 -0.1
                   thefts from cars 2,320 2,396 32.3
                   bicycles 2,210 2,122 -4.0
                   pickpockets 213 199 -6.6
Frauds 684 530 -22.5
Other crime      
Rowdyism 404 433 7.2
Unauthorised production and possession of psychotropic substances and poisons 236 496 110.2
Spreading drug addiction 582 494 -15.1
Frustrating execution of an official decision 735 710 -3.4
Economic crime 4,696 5,228 11.3
Crimes cleared up 4,566 5,052 10.6
which accounts for (%) 97.2 96.6 -
Of which: Curtailment of taxes 79 75 -5.1
                   Frauds 1,907 2,168 13.7
                   Embezzlement 808 941 16.5
                   Infringements of rights relating to trademarks 113 176 55.8
                   Infringement of copyright 98 34 -65.3

East Bohemia– crime development in individual East Bohemian districts in 1998 – 1999
  1998 1999 Change
District Ascer. Clr. up Crime/
10 th. inh.
Det. rate % Ascer. Clr. up Crime/
10 th. inh.
Det. rate % Ascer. (%) Clr. up (%) Det. rat (%)
Havl. Brod 1,872 1,244 195 66.5 1,758 1,055 184 60.0 -6.1 -15.2 -6.4
Hr. Králové 3,951 2,355 245 59.6 4,260 2,650 264 62.2 7.8 12.5 2.6
Chrudim 2,165 1,405 205 64.9 2,467 1,617 234 65.5 13.9 15.1 0.6
Jičín 2,267 1,422 291 62.7 1,992 1,225 257 61.5 -12.1 -13.9 -1.2
Náchod 2,952 2,046 262 69.3 2,753 1,944 244 70.6 -6.7 -5.0 1.3
Pardubice 4,873 2,795 300 57.4 4,842 2,827 299 58.4 -0.6 1.1 1.0
Rychnov n. K. 1,986 1,486 251 74.8 2,004 1,489 254 74.3 0.9 0.2 -0.5
Semily 2,144 1,344 284 62.7 2,082 1,241 275 59.6 -2.9 -7.7 -3.1
Svitavy 2,386 1,354 233 56.7 2,387 1,511 233 63.3 0.0 11.6 6.6
Trutnov 3,531 2,215 290 62.7 3,297 2,009 271 60.9 -6.6 -9.3 -1.8
Ústí n. O. 2,924 1,913 210 65.4 3,008 1,955 216 65.0 2.9 2.2 -0.4
Total 31,051 19,579 252 63.1 30,850 19,523 250 63.3 -0.6 -0.3 0.2


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