CRIME rose by 40 per cent across Didim and Akbuk in 2015 compared to last year.
However, local security heads say the figures may be skewed by the upsurge in the number of incidents of illegal immigration from Syria, while the resorts have experienced a population increase.
The main headlines suggest burglaries and robbery have fallen sharply, but assaults increased.
Voices has broken the main elements of the statistics down which emerged at a joint conference, organised by the Didim Governor Iskender Yonden to focus on the crime issues affecting the town.
The statistics are as follows:
Illegal immigration
In total there were 95 such cases of immigrant smuggling in 2015, with July, August and September the busiest.
In 2015, 4019 refugees detained, 3781 of them were Syrians.
Public order
An 11 percent rise overall
By September 2015, 264 incidents
Same period in 2014: 237
Same period in 2013: 339
Police said there was a 19 percent increase in woundings/assaults, but thefts fell.
Crimes against the person: there were 91 incidents in 2015 compared to 114 in 2014.
Theft: In 2014, there were 80 incidents, while there were only 59 in 2015.
Crimes against property
2013: 192
2014: 119 incidents;
2015: 98 incidents;
Burglaries
2013: 79
2014: 50
2015: 27
Meanwhile, the highest increases were in the theft of boat engines – a surge linked to the increase in illegal immigrant activity.
Traffic accidents:
2014: 1 fatal, 50 injury accidents
2015: 2 fatal, 91 injury accidents
Most accidents involved motorcyclists, with a large propertion car v motorbike incidents. Speed was a major factor in most incidents.
Traffic police: 6100 random checks, 1232 dodgy vehicles banned from the roads
Cyber crime
An increase of 1 reported incident in 2014 to 2 cases in 2015.
Population
59,864 people live within Didim police jurisdiction, 13,521 live within the Gendarme jurisdiction
Police
The police over the summer had 26 patrol cars at its behest to cover 120km of coastline, reinforcements pushed the number of officers in the area to 196.
Altinkum and Camlik districts now have upwards of about 30 mobile cameras monitoring the areas.