Muggings at Paris’s principal tourist sites have fallen eight per cent this year, according to Paris police, who have enforced a special anti-crime crackdown at top attractions like the Champs Elysées, Notre Dame and the Louvre, reports RFI.
Robberies with violence at the French capital’s key tourist sites fell eight per cent in the first nine months of 2014, Paris police announced on Wednesday.
Physical attacks fell 4.5 per cent, it said.
Thefts from Chinese tourists, who have become a prime target for pickpockets because they are believed to carry large amounts of cash, have fallen 25 per cent, according to the statistics.
With 30 million visitors a year Paris is the world’s number one tourist destination.
In 2013 the city launched a 26-point plan to tackle rising street crime.