It turned out that the number of crimes confirmed in Adachi Ward, Tokyo last year was the lowest after the war.
The ward believes that the frequent bicycle theft has decreased due to measures such as patrols of bicycle parking lots, and that the number of people going out to the city has decreased due to the influence of the new coronavirus.
According to Adachi Ward, the number of crimes confirmed in the ward in the last year was 3693, which is the lowest after the war, down more than 13,000 from the peak of 16843 in 2001.
In terms of breakdown, bicycle theft, which accounted for about 30% of the crimes in the ward, decreased by 818 from the adult to 2379, assault and injury 294, and burglary damage 128. It has become.
Regarding this, Adachi City has been promoting efforts to patrol the bicycle parking lot and call for locking with the residents and police as a measure against bicycle theft, and people who continue to refrain from going out due to the influence of the new coronavirus. I think that the decrease is the cause.
Jun Tadano, Chief of the Adachi City Crime Deterrence Division, said, "I believe that the steady activities that we have been working on together with the residents and the police have come to fruition. We hope that the residents will continue to live safely and securely. I want to work on it. "