There has been a reduction of up to 44 percent in crime rate in the last four months of 2021, said Punjab police spokesman.
According to the Punjab police spokesperson, there was a clear reduction of up to 44 percent in crime incidents. i.e., crimes against persons and crime against property. Also, Emergency 15 call record data highlighted a significant decrease in crime graph.
Around 56,087 incidents of murder, attempted murder and kidnapping for ransom were reported in Punjab during September. However, the call rate of such crimes started decreasing after that and 29.479 incidents were reported in December.
Whereas, in the last four months in Punjab, the number of cases reduced to 48 percent of murder, attempted murder and kidnapping for ransom.
- In Punjab, 23,162 incidents of robbery, theft and dacoity were reported during September while 14,819 incidents were reported in December.
- Incidents of murder, attempted murder and kidnapping for ransom decreased 44pc in the last four months.
- Around 13,750 incidents of murder, attempted murder and kidnapping for ransom were reported in Lahore in September 2021
- Around 7,383 incidents were reported in December.
Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) also issued annual performance statistics along with the crime rate for 2021.
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- Around 43,855,280 calls out of which 27,587,925 calls were considered hoaxes/ irrelevant and 4,325,938 calls with genuine concerns and the dispatch control centre generated cases for action.
- Around 1,411,872 calls received sought information, consultancy and 116,160 calls for traffic management and city traffic police help.
- Electronic Data Analysis centre provided 5,561 audio and video electronic evidence to police investigation officers. The authority’s Operations Monitoring Centre reported 57,079 suspected observations to Lahore police.
The PSCA Lost and Found centre contributed to the recovery of 134 missing persons, 2377 motorbikes, 41 cars, and 45 auto-rickshaws through its. The Media Monitoring Centre reported 4,254 social media pages to LEAs.
