Provincial crime headed by La Línea

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LA LÍNEA (Cádiz) -- The crime rate has risen in the border town from 2,341 reported incidents until September 2013 to 2,456 for the same period this year, a 4.9% increase. Algeciras has reduced its rate by 4.7%. Crime rates in the Campo de Gibraltar are varied. La Línea is prone to drug offences, for instance, while Castellar and Jimena account mostly for burglary. As to homicide, Algeciras registered none, compared to the two events in 2013. La Línea had one murder reported, the same as the same period last year. Statistics for the whole province of Cádiz were down by 2.1%, from 43,493 to 42,594, the principal events being 'robbery with violence and intimidation', which went down by 13.8%. In total, crime was reduced in the province by 6.9% according to Carmen Crespo, government delegate in Andalucía.

See Cádiz with your mobile

CÁDIZ -- One of the loveliest cities in Spain, and not one that is overcrowded with visitors, is the capital of the province of the same name. A new app is available as a 'tour guide' that will show you places off the usual routes. Called Geoexperiencias, it is based on the GPS system and you get the information as you are living them, right on the street. Available for Android as well IOS, it is aimed at local inhabitants as well as to tourists. Created as a joint project by Seis6 and Isoluciona, with the cooperation of Natures and Enreda, as well as the availability of vast photographic data from Diario de Cádiz, it was co-financed by an EU social fund for young developers, Intercooperación Empresarial en la Economía Social. For the moment, it is available only in Spanish, but translations into other languages, including English, are in process.