Of those recorded road traffic incidents, up to February 2021, 70.6% were slight, 28% were serious and 1.4% were fatal. Roads were also safer this year as road traffic injury collision data showed a ‘significant reduction’, with 214 records. Violence with injury crime was down 18%, with a reduction of 284 reported offences and 124 fewer reported violence without injury offences on the previous year. The CSP has said social distancing and the closure of eateries, pubs and clubs led to a reduction in violence with and without injury, also showing a decrease in violence between strangers and acquaintances. On the flip side, the areas that saw the greatest reductions were those relating to theft - with shoplifting down 58%, theft from a person down 45% and non-residential burglary down 41%.
Of all recorded crimes on the Island, 5.3% are in the form of drug offences, with 486 reported incidents in 2020/21 - a 30% increase on the previous year.
