PHUKET: Latest police statistics reveal there have been 58 expat victims of crimes on Phuket so far this year and 160 expats have been arrested for offences.

One rape is among the crimes - a Chinese woman was the victim in January. Another Chinese woman and a Swede were subjected to sex attacks.

Two Germans who are listed as victims of a shooting in Patong in January were fired upon by two Australians who were subsequently arrested, sentenced, then released on good-behavior bonds.

Of the 160 arrests, 74 were in Kathu, which takes in the west coast nightlife capital of Patong. Karon was next highest, with 21.

Of the arrests reported in Kathu, 24 related to drugs and 24 to driving offences. Across all of Phuket, 48 related to working without permission, 35 to drugs and 16 involved expired work permits.



Felix Reinel Germany 25 January 2 Karon Robbery
Egertovp Yaroslaf Russia January 6 Chalong Robbery
Astarita Alessabdro Italy 35 January 8 Kathu Attack
Christopher Philip America 31 January 8 Kathu Attack
Stephan Henricus Maria Netherlands 21 January 10 Kathu Attack
Chinese Woman China 22 January 18 Phuket City rape
Crialesi Antonio Italy 42 January 22 Kathu robbery
Joseph Worner Germany 70 and Baschenegger Johann Germany 41 January 22 Kathu shooting
Claudia Mae Booth Australian 18 January 23 Kathu robbery
Leonid Vasileich Laskov Russia 42 January 26 Chalong robbery
Bissica Rosenhen Germany February 6 Karon robbery
David Trebs Germany 30 February 7 Phuket City robbery
Hans Thro Schongens Germany 70 February 9 Cherng Talay robbery
Olaf Karstendiek Germany 50 February 9 Cherng Talay robbery
Leonia Joshephine Lach England 63 February 9 Cherng Talay robbery
Inge Gisela Fischer German 66 February 9 Cherng Talay robbery
Husey Huseynli Azerbaijan 21 and Itham Husryn Azerbaijan 48 February 12 Karon robbery
Golu Btskiy Russia 45 February 20 Karon robbery
Ove Kjettke Sundal Norway 58 February 21 Karon robbery
Rovshan Skenderov Russia 46 February 21 Karon attack
Olivia Elvira Sweden 19 February 26 Kamala attempted rape
Walter Fruehwirth Australia 54 February 27 Kathu robbery
Valeri Agafonov Russia 46 and Aunkerena Agafernova Russia 30 March 4 Karon robbery
Fransois Tmeze France 46 March 6 Kathu stabbing
John Michael Ilett England 30 and Chiyo Udagawa Japan 30 March 11 Karon robbing
Tanja Esther Gagner Germany 41 March 17 Chalong robbery
Valerii Shatalov Russia 26 March 20 Chalong robbery
Anastasiia Pekhtereva Russia 28 March 26 Chalong robbery
Kauko Hynninen Finland 53 March 29 Chalong robbery
Hamid Chellit France 38 April 10 Kathu robbery
Tatiana Suslikova Russia 32 April 18 Karon robbery
Chunwu Wang China 34 April 19 Kathu attack
Soo Yeon Moon South Korea 31 April 19 Kathu attack
Corinna Patricia Ross America April 19 Chalong embezzled
Rameen Makussumove Russia 42 April 21 Karon robbery
Donovan Bernard South Africa April 24 Karon robbery
Marina Saduyeva Kazakhstan April 24 Karon robbery
Azamat Saduyer Russia April 24 Karon robbery
Jessica Wedlock Australia April 24 Karon robbery
Wendy Horscoft New Zealand April 24 Karon robbery
Clinton John Robinson Australia 34 April 25 Kathu robbery
Gail Lee Burke Australia 53, Rachel Lee Ann Streater Australia 35 and Sharna Attard Australia 26 April 26 Kathu robbery
David John Williams Australia 48 April 26 Kathu robbery
John Paul Sager Australia 44 April 26 Kathu robbery
Nasrin Mansouri Iran 45 April 27 Kathu robbery
Di Vona Kylian France April 30 Kathu attack
Artem Morchev Russia 25, Igor Matetskiy Russia 25 and Anton Kornishin Russia 26 April 30 Karon robbery
Hassan Abdelwahab Egypt 26 May 11 Kathu attack
Chinese woman China 19 May 17 Phuket City Sex abuse
Mohd Sobri Bin Said Malaysia May 28 Kathu robbery
Vashiche Tooyayab Russia 27 June 6 Phuket City attack
Davis Ben Russell Australia 35 June 10 Thalang car burning (victim)
Alec Pettigrew England 47 June 18 Cherng Talay extorted for money
Tsilyk Pavlo Russia 33 June 18 Kathu embezzled
Saad S N S M Kuwait 26 June 30 Kathu robbery
Rodney Philip England 53 July 2 Karon attack
Dalia Goatova Russia 32 July 20 Chalong robbery
Philipe Muller France 71 August 13 Thung Thong robbery