Gyeonggi-do to Disclose Status of Environmental and Other Public Crime to Residents

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will disclose crime statistics related to daily life, such as food and environment.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Special Judicial Police announced on the 12th that from the 13th, it will disclose crime statistics related to daily life, including food, environment, tourism, and real estate, to residents through the provincial government website.

The statistics to be disclosed this time cover public livelihood crimes that occurred in the province from 2012 to 2019, showing the status of occurrences by region, month, and year.

Looking at the 'Status of Occurrences by Region' among the statistical data, crimes such as illegal riverbed occupation occurred in areas with many valleys and rivers. In regions with many industrial facilities such as factories, crimes such as unreported air emission facilities and illegal wastewater discharge were found to be frequent.

Also, in 2019, in regions where apartment construction and sales were most active, real estate crimes such as illegal resale of pre-sale rights occurred most frequently. Environmental crimes related to air quality increased by up to 72% in spring and autumn, when fine dust is prevalent. Food-related crimes, such as food spoilage, showed an average increase of 64% from June to August.

These results are analyzed to be due to the influence of regional and seasonal characteristics on the occurrence of public livelihood crimes.

Looking at the trend of crime occurrences by year, after detecting 516 environmental crimes in 2015, the number of environmental crimes decreased by half over the next two years. This is interpreted as a result of the special judicial police's investigative activities significantly suppressing public livelihood crimes.

In Chi-kwon, head of the Gyeonggi Provincial Special Judicial Police, said, "Since 2020, we have been collecting more diverse and detailed statistics using customized statistical tables for the special judicial police," and added, "In March 2021, we plan to disclose 10 types of crime statistics to residents, including the age group of criminals, motives for crimes, and occupational groups."

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