The elucidation rates for cases of fraud and sexual violence fell between 2017 and 2021, according to a study published Thursday by the statistical service of the Ministry of the Interior, which partly explains this development by a sharp increase in these crimes. and crimes over the same period.
In 2021, 56% of sexual violence cases were resolved after one year of investigation, compared to 62% in 2017.
“complexification and diversification of operating methods”
But at the same time, the number of investigations opened for crimes and misdemeanors of a sexual nature has exploded by 82%, under the effect of the freedom of speech in the wake of the #Metoo movement.
In absolute value, the number of cases of sexual violence elucidated after one year between 2017 and 2021 has thus increased by 63%.
Regarding scams and breaches of trust, only 17% of these cases were closed after one year in 2021, compared to 29% in 2017.
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If the police and gendarmes were seized of 43% more investigations over this period, the total number of scam cases cleared up after one year between 2017 and 2021 nevertheless fell by 17%.
This “
could be explained by a complexification and diversification of fraud procedures, with the multiplication of digital scams
”, underlines the study.
“
Authors are using increasingly sophisticated techniques, and can act from locations abroad, which makes elucidation more complex
,” it adds.
Scams are thus the longest investigations to be elucidated: only 50% of cases of this type are solved in less than a month.
Homicide is the case with the highest clearance rate after one year (74% in 2021), behind investigations into intentional assault and battery within the family (82%).
Nevertheless, it is down compared to 2017 (78%, -4 points), a development which is also partly explained by the increase in murders observed at the same time (+7%).
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Burglaries (8%), non-violent thefts (8%) and vehicle-related thefts (7%) are those with the lowest clearance rates, and at a stable level since 2017. A case is considered as elucidated by the Beauvau statistical service when an alleged perpetrator was arrested and brought to justice, without taking into account the final judicial decision.
