Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic registered a total of 5,950 complaints by theft of vehicles During 2024, of which the majority corresponded to motorcycles.
This was reported by the National Statistics Office (ONE), who also stressed that the annual average of robberies of vehicles In the last five years he stood in 4,135,.
It emphasizes that motorcycles and cyclomotor (Passolas) concentrated most of the complaints, with 5,371 cases, equivalent to 90.27% of the total complaints.
In addition, he stressed that the rest corresponded to cars, yipetas, buses and other types of vehicles, with interannual increases of 16.72%, 114.63%, 150.00%and 2.27%, respectively.
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Comparing the last two years, the report records that in 2023 they were recorded 3,329 vehicle robberies, While in 2024 5,950 were registered, an increase of 78.73%.
According to the place of origin, Santo Domingo He headed the list with 1,959 complaints (32.92%), followed by Santiago with 912 (15.33%), the National District with 758 (12.74%), the Roman with 492 (8.27%) and Altagracia with 472 (7.93%).
Also, the ONE study pointed out that the greater concentration Cases occurred in the Ozama region, with 45.66%of the total, followed by North Cibao (18.13%) and Yuma (16.24%).
However, the regions with the lowest incidence were Northwest Cibao (0.57%), Enriquillo (0.66%) and the Valley (0.79%).
Explains that this marked difference is key to the creation of projects that aim to correct the criminal acts related to vehicle theft.
As for the distribution for days of the week, the robberies were reported with higher frequency Fridays (15.14%), Saturdays (14.96%) and Monday (14.76%). The days of lower incidence were Tuesday (13.56%) and Sundays (13.28%).
It also reveals that during that period August He registered the largest amount of complaints with 588 cases (9.88 %), followed by July (508), May (507) and November (504).
