Crime drops in Czech capital

Police statistics have revealed that crime dropped in the first quarter of 2007 in the Czech capital. Prague - one of the Czech Republic's fourteen official regions - is the only area it did so. Last year, the first three months saw 22,169 cases recorded, this year there have so far been around 70 less. Crime in the capital accounts for about a quarter of all cases in the country. The most common crimes include petty theft, pick-pocketing, car theft, and break-ins. Reportedly only about twenty percent of cases are ever solved.