The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) has revealed a frightening statistic, every 90 minutes a person claims to be a victim of a a home burglary.
According to the report by the OIJ released on Thursday, though crime in general decreased in 2012 over the previous year, burglaries of homes in in fact rose.
What did decrease the OIJ report indicates is assaults on homes (home invasions).
Liberia, Limón, Guápiles and Péres Zeledón are places with the most complaints of burglaries. Pavas, Limón and Guápiles top the list with assaults on homes.
As to car theft, Alajuela is the province with the most vehicles stolen or car thieves, depending on your point of view.
“Every 90 minutes”… Please, more like every 90 seconds. There IS NO WAY that it is correct. It is much worst than that! I wish that stat was correct. Not to mention all of the unreported robberies which could be 50% more than what is being reported.
Exactly.Every 90 seconds is far more realistic. Most people know it’s a complete waste of time to bother reporting them. Pura Vida = bigazz guns and badazz dawgz. Don’t forget the alarms. Have someone from the US come and install them if you can’t do it yourself. These idiot Ticos install “loopholes” for their buddies after they do a full inventory.