Comforting news was announced last Friday that the crime rate in Marbella and Malaga has fallen for the second consecutive year. Hilario Lopez Luna, a government Representative for the province of Malaga, announced that crime in Marbella alone had fallen by 11% so far this year, more than the provincial average. The city of Malaga has also seen a reduction in its rate of crime by 5.5% during the same period, equal to that of the previous year.
Hand in hand with the falling rate of crime, it is reported that police efficiency has improved this year, rising from 32% to 38%. The number of arrests made in the province as a whole has also risen from 4,736 to 5,623.
Source: Sur in English
