The number of crimes committed by nonpermanent resident foreigners in the first six months of this year jumped 25.8 percent from a year earlier to 15,424, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
The NPA attributed the rise mostly to the fivefold increase in the number of additional car-related crimes police handled after suspects were arrested. The figure grew to 2,171. Vending machine vandalization and shoplifting cases also increased.
The number of foreigners committing crimes during the same period rose by 15.3 percent from the year before to 7,589, the agency added.