Over 300 crimes on people aged over 60 were reported to the police in 2018, up from 259 a year earlier.

The majority of the 311 crimes were domestic violence (143), according to information released in reply to a parliamentary question by MP Etienne Grech to Home Affairs Minister Michael Farrugia.

There were also 112 assaults, although the minister said that the number of reports did not reflect the number of persons involved, and that in some cases, the elderly person may not have been the prime target of the crime.

There were also three armed robberies, six cases of mugging and 47 pick-pocketing.

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