Gyeonggi Province's Special Judicial Police Crime Statistics to be Publicly Disclosed Starting Next Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 4th that it received official approval from the Statistics Korea on December 1st for the 'Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police Crime Statistics' which provides an at-a-glance view of civil crime situations within the province.

According to the Statistics Act, local governments must obtain approval from the Commissioner of Statistics Korea when creating and publishing new statistics.

Accordingly, the province submitted the 'Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police Crime Statistics Approval Application,' which included creation plans and result tables, to Statistics Korea on October 23rd.

With this approval, the province's Special Judicial Police has become the first in the nation to publish crime statistics created by special judicial police.

This brings the province one step closer to implementing Governor Lee Jae-myung's campaign pledge of 'disclosure of information and statistics related to civil crimes.'

Since the start of the 7th term of civilian government, the province has independently developed and utilized the 'Special Judicial Police Customized Statistical Template' and the 'Gyeonggi Province Investigation Information System' to create crime databases as foundational materials for statistics creation.

Beginning with the creation of crime statistics this year, the province plans to regularly publish crime statistics every May of the following year.

The crime statistics to be disclosed to residents through the province's website and other channels in May next year will include a total of 10 types: ▲Number of crimes by city and county ▲Number of crimes by month ▲Number of crimes by year ▲Criminals' occupational groups ▲Disposition results by crime category ▲Criminal history and recidivism by crime category ▲Criminals' gender and age groups ▲Crime occurrence locations.

In-chee Kwon, Commander of Gyeonggi Province's Special Judicial Police, said, "We will prepare well so that any resident can easily view and use crime statistics related to the Special Judicial Police without any inconvenience."

Meanwhile, in the 'Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police Enforcement Achievement Survey' conducted in September this year, 89% of residents responded that disclosing crime statistics would help ensure the right to know and prevent crimes.