KUWAIT: Crime rates have dropped by nine percent in 2015 compared to 2014; a good indicator of the efforts exerted by the Interior Ministry to fight and limit different types of crimes, the ministry’s Relations and Security Media Department said in a press statement yesterday. A statistical report issued by the ministry shows that drugrelated crimes have dropped by 17 percent, while suspects arrested in relation to drugs dropped by 15 percent.

Meanwhile, crimes with unidentified culprits dropped by 28 percent, whereas cybercrimes increased by 20 percent, the statistics show. The report also showed that financial crimes dropped by 22 percent, crimes of reputation have dropped by 18 percent while homicide, attempted murder and severe injury crimes dropped by 11 percent. The total number of cases filed in 2015 was 24,453 with a 9 percent drop compared to 2014 when 26,894 cases were filed, the report showed.