There has been a 12% increase in armed robberies and a 3% increase in murders over the first eight months of the year.
This is according to the police force, which on Wednesday released statistics for murder, robbery under arms and traffic offences for the period January 1 to August 31, 2011, with corresponding statistics for the same period last year.
Robbery under arms increased by 12%, with 548 reports up to August 31 this year in comparison with 488 for the
