Dover Police Crime Unit’s Clearance Rate Strong

DOVER — Dover Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit is on track to set its best clearance rate in five years, according to a report recently released by the department.

Through Tuesday, the Criminal Investigations Unit handled 36 total burglaries with 26 of those being cleared for a clearance rate of 72 percent.

The national clearance average for all of 2012 was 13.6 percent,

Dover police are 14 percent over the 2013 clearance rate of 58.1 percent when the unit investigated 98 burglaries.

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