Serious crimes up – police

Serious crimes are up by 5% over the last year, according to the police, who say that while murders are down armed robbery has increased.

Official statistics released yesterday by the Guyana Police Force showed that the total number of reports of serious crimes made between January 1 and October 31, 2013 was 3,350 compared to 3,201 for the same period in 2012.

Murder, armed robbery, robbery with violence, larceny from the