Charente-Maritime prefecture presents report on delinquency and road safety for the year 2023. Property crimes increased by 2.07% with a marked increase in burglaries and vehicle thefts.
44 armed robberies were most often carried out by isolated people who were quickly arrested. Attacks on physical integrity have also exploded (+ 14.40%) with 6,684 incidents recorded. In 2023, gendarmes and police officers would have accumulated nearly 688,000 hours of patrolling throughout the country.