% of people who say they always feel safe          
Citizen Survey Q 121 Walking in community In my home  
  Day Night Day Night n=
Female 89.4 53 98.1 89.9 625
Male 91.5 81.9 97.7 94.1 575
Total 90.4 66.8 97.9 91.9 1200
Citizen Survey (CSD Q107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117)
People who were asked about their experience with crime   Women Men Total
    625 575 1200
Resondents who reported having something stolen from them CSQ107 44.6% 54.1% 49.2%
And of those who have, what did they do about it? # who had: 279 311 590
did not seek a remedy   86.5% 69.5% 77.5%
went to a respected member of the community 4.3% 7.0% 5.8%
went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government 1.8% 4.3% 3.1%
went to the police 1.3% 3.5% 2.5%
went to the court   0.0% 0.4% 0.2%
Respondents who reported being victims of dacoity in their house CSQ109 2.4% 3.8% 3.1%
And  what that those who have done about it? # who had: 15 22 37
did not seek a remedy 73.3% 41.8% 53.7%
went to the police 6.7% 41.8% 25.3%
went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government 6.7% 10.5% 7.9%
went to a respected member of the community 13.3% 0.0% 6.3%
went to the court   0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Respondents who reported being physically assaulted up by someone outside their family CSQ111 12.6% 16.7% 14.6%
And what did those who had do? # who had: 79 96 175
went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government 34.0% 25.0% 29.0%
went to a respected member of the community 20.6% 29.4% 25.2%
did not seek a remedy 23.7% 18.0% 20.5%
went to the court 7.9% 7.2% 7.5%
went to the police   4.0% 9.6% 6.8%
Respondents who reported being beaten up by someone inside the family CSQ113 32.0% 5.7% 19.4%
And what did those who had do? # who had: 200 33 233
did not seek a remedy   62.0% 39.4% 58.8%
solved it on their own 23.4% 3.5% 20.6%
went to a respected member of the community 3.1% 8.7% 3.9%
went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government 4.0% 0.0% 3.4%
went to the police 0.0% 3.5% 0.5%
only went to a family member 6.9% 40.1% 23.5%
went to the court   0.0% 3.5% 1.8%
Respondents who reported that someone grabbed their land CSQ115 2.4% 16.9% 9.3%
And what did those who had do? # who had: 15 97 112
went to the court   6.7% 41.5% 36.4%
went to a respected member of the community 53.3% 24.9% 28.9%
went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government 6.7% 17.8% 16.1%
did not seek a remedy 33.3% 5.3% 8.6%
went to the police   0.0% 3.0% 2.7%
Respondents who reported they were in a dispute (quarrel/disagreement) CSQ117 22.4% 33.9% 27.9%
And what did those who had do? # who had: 140 195 335
solved it on their own   48.7% 6.2% 24.0%
went to a respected member of the community 14.3% 26.2% 21.1%
went to the court 4.9% 29.2% 19.0%
did not seek a remedy 17.9% 13.3% 15.2%
went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government 8.0% 13.9% 11.5%
went to the police   2.2% 8.3% 5.7%
Crimes Recorded by Police (2012)                                
Upazilla Name Other Narcotics Women & Child Repression Theft Smuggling Murder Burglary Kidnapping Robbery Arms Act Dacoity Riot Police Assault Explosives Total Upazilla Cime Rate per 100000
Comilla Adrasha Sadar (Kotawali) 428 454 109 74 62 32 27 2 8 7 2 0 1 0 1206 229.7
Comilla Sadar Dakshin 298 254 52 28 31 13 13 7 5 6 2 0 1 0 710 149.7
Chauddagram 171 203 44 8 46 8 2 3 0 3 0 0 3 1 492 109.3
Nangalkot 118 23 25 9 0 4 3 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 190 50.0
Laksham 88 38 19 11 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 167 60.8
Burichang 246 128 57 23 20 12 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 494 161.3
Brahmanpara 124 143 35 9 3 2 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 327 157.9
Barura 106 24 24 10 0 7 4 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 184 44.8
Chandina 141 52 17 14 4 9 7 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 254 71.6
Daudkandi 200 161 21 18 12 11 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 434 127.1
Meghna 55 3 11 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 79 69.2
Homna 70 4 13 3 0 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 103 49.5
Muradnagar 237 93 45 21 4 14 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 420 79.3
Debidwar 161 63 51 29 22 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 349 79.9
Titas 67 11 8 2 2 8 3 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 109 58.1
Manoharganj 76 3 20 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 117 43
Comilla Total 2586 1657 551 265 208 146 86 42 29 24 19 11 10 1 5635 103.0
Percent of Row 45.9% 29.4% 9.8% 4.7% 3.7% 2.6% 1.5% 0.7% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 100.0%  
Crime Rate per 100000 47.3 30.3 10.1 4.8 3.8 2.7 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 103.0  
   
Citizen Survey (CSD Q106)  
People said the most common crime In their community was Neighbor Dispute Land Dispute Theft Drugs Assault All Others Total
N=1200 36.6% 13.7% 12.5% 11.3% 7.2% 18.7% 100.0%
Note About Data  
"Other" crimes category is the largest, but it is unclear which crimes are included.  
Crimes Recorded by Rapid Action Battalion (2012)  RABPD                              
Crimes Dacoity Robbery Murder Riot Women & Child Repression Kidnapping Police Assault Burglary Theft Other Arms Act Explosives Narcotics Smuggling Total
  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1530 0 1540
Note About Data  
It is unclear whether the RAB crimes are subsumed within the crimes recorded by police.  
Crimes responded to by ANSAR & VDP  Dacoity Robbery Murder Riot Women & Child Repression Kidnapping Police Assault Burglary Theft Other Arms Act Explosives Narcotics Smuggling Total
2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Police Workflow (2012)            
Upazilla Name General Diary Entries First Information Report (FIR) FIR's Sent to Court with named accused FIR's to Court as % of all FIR's Complaints Registered referred from court  to police for investigation Cases referred for Alternative Dispute Resolution
Comilla Adrasha Sadar (Kotawali) 19525 1206 200 16.6% 399 No data
Comilla Sadar Dakshin 18560 710 115 16.2% 250 No data
Chauddagram 17950 492 90 18.3% 270 No data
Nangalkot 17839 190 55 28.9% 69 No data
Laksham 19740 167 65 38.9% 114 No data
Burichang 18512 494 184 37.2% 378 No data
Brahmanpara 21782 327 30 9.2% 228 No data
Barura 22570 184 42 22.8% 50 No data
Chandina 22115 254 44 17.3% 171 No data
Daudkandi 23972 434 130 30.0% 209 No data
Meghna 13690 79 17 21.5% 36 No data
Homna 16027 103 12 11.7% 65 No data
Muradnagar 21778 420 129 30.7% 200 No data
Debidwar 19370 349 109 31.2% 304 No data
Titas 15025 109 20 18.3% 79 No data
Manoharganj 20290 117 15 12.8% 88 No data
Comilla Total 308745 5635 1257 22.3% 2910  
Practitioner Survey, Police thana (N:2)  
Police practitioner says that compoundable offences are often referred back to the community to be resolved.  
Arrests Made by Police (2012)  
Upazilla Name Arrests Men Women Men% Women% Boys Girls
Comilla Adrasha Sadar (Kotawali) 268 245 23 91.4% 8.6% 0 0
Comilla Sadar Dakshin 340 325 15 95.6% 4.4% 0 0
Chauddagram 357 327 30 91.6% 8.4% 0 0
Nangalkot 288 275 13 95.5% 4.5% 0 0
Laksham 220 215 5 97.7% 2.3% 0 0
Burichang 199 188 11 94.5% 5.5% 0 0
Brahmanpara 264 259 5 98.1% 1.9% 0 0
Barura 360 350 10 97.2% 2.8% 0 0
Chandina 309 294 15 95.1% 4.9% 0 0
Daudkandi 224 221 3 98.7% 1.3% 0 0
Meghna 184 179 5 97.3% 2.7% 0 0
Homna 172 168 4 97.7% 2.3% 0 0
Muradnagar 396 385 11 97.2% 2.8% 0 0
Debidwar 255 255 0 100.0% 0.0% 0 0
Titas 201 201 0 100.0% 0.0% 0 0 Department of Social Services 
Manoharganj 304 288 16 94.7% 5.3% 0 0 Boys Girls
Comilla Total 4341 4175 166 96.2% 3.8% 0 0 1 0
Practitioner Survey, Police thana (N:2)  
Police practitioner says that approximately 10% of people arrested by police receive police bail.  
What do you do with arrested juveniles?   
Police practitioner says 'Parents are called and bond is taken after explaining to them.'   
Arrests by Rapid Action Battalion (2012)  RABPD  
RAB Arrests Total Men Women Boys Girls
  167 92.8% 7.2% 0.0% 0.0%
RAB arrests as % of total police arrests 3.8%