Major General Al-Turki also pointed out that the percentage of crimes of assaulting and attacking people and the crimes of money robbery that were tackled by the police in all regions, governorates and centers of the Kingdom have amounted to more than 60% of all crimes, stressing that the total of these crimes in the Kingdom in 2016 witnessed a decline of 4.5% in comparison to the crimes committed in 2015, indicating that this trend is due primarily to the decrease of the crimes of assault and morality and other crimes including counterfeiting, forgery and seizure of drugs. He stated that the general rates of crime in the Kingdom amounted to approximately 464.46 per 100,000 people of the Kingdom's population, pointing out that this criterion is important when comparing crimes in the Kingdom with those alike in different countries in the world, citing the distribution of crimes in the Kingdom during this year. Major General Al-Turki also said that the indicators give indications on the reality of the situation regarding the crime in the Kingdom, drawing attention that the situation is reassuring in the review of these rates that the Kingdom is one of the least countries in the world decline in crime, calling for comparing rates to their similar in some countries in the world, citing statistics being presented by the United Nations and being published by UN Competent Agencies on crime in some countries of the world that can be reviewed in this regard. --SPA --SPA 20:33 LOCAL TIME 17:33 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w492776