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Factsheet
RV-FS#01,
Series of 1999
Did you know
that . . .
for every
eleven crimes committed in 1998, ten were solved?
 An increase of 4.8
percent in the total crime volume in the Bicol Region was noted in 1998 compared to the
1997 incidence of 3,913. Crime solution efficiency also increased by 0.5 percentage points
from 92.15 percent in 1997.
Camarines Sur, the biggest among the six provinces in terms of land area and population,
accounted for 33.9 percent of the total crime volume. It also had the highest number of
cases in all types of index crimes except for murder, which were prevalent in
Masbate.
Camarines Sur's crime solution efficiency rate, however, ranked fourth at 91.8 percent.
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In terms of crime rate, Camarines Norte had the highest at 158.5. Crime rate is
the number of crimes committed per 100,000 population. It was followed by Masbate at 91.3.
Catanduanes consistently remained the most peaceful province in the region having the
lowest crime rate of 54.1. It also had the highest crime solution efficiency of 96.6
percent.