On 27 March 2017, the Swiss Statistics Office released 2016 crime statistics. The total number of crimes recorded by the police fell by nearly 20,000 or 4.1% compared to 2015. This brings the total decline since 2009 to 15%. Total recorded crimes in 2016 were around 468,000, far below the 553,000 recorded in 2009. While the total number of recorded crimes […]