Wa, Jan. 10, GNA - Crime statistics available at the Upper West Regional branch of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service indicate that domestic violence cases in the Region have declined from 163 in 2010 to 139 in 2011.

The statistics also indicate that defilement of children less than 16 years of age have also decreased from 22 in 2010 to 13 in 2011, with a marginal decrease in assault cases from 38 in 2010 to 37 in 2011.

Detective Inspector Alfred Dapaah, DOVVSU Station Officer who gave the statistics to the GNA in Wa said female abduction also decreased from 17 cases in 2010 to 10 cases in 2011, with a marginal decrease in offensive conduct from 18 to 16 within the same period.

He noted however that failure to provide for children on the part of parents recorded a sligh'