Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 disclosed that the crime rate in Caraga dipped 30 percent from January 1 to December 31, 2016 compared with the same period in 2015.
PRO 13 regional director CSupt Rolando Felix said that a total of 10,029 crimes were reported in 2016, lower than the 14,331 crime volume listed in 2015.
Citing the record from the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD), 63 percent of crimes were solved in 2016 compared with only 44 percent solved cases in 2015.
Data also showed that crimes related to murder, homicide, rape, robbery and theft posted a significant slide to 50 percent with only 2,594 totaled crimes in 2016 compared with 5,194 crimes in 2015.
Crime against person like physical injury with the highest number of cases in 2015 reaching 1,029 declined to 27 percent with 749 in 2016.
However, the case on Murder slightly increased from 395 in 2015 to 405 in 2016. The dramatic surged can be attributed to the number of killings implicated to the campaign against illegal drugs.
Felix noted that the downtrend of crimes was the result of combined efforts of the PNP, other law enforcement agencies, local government units and the community.
“I am calling on the people in Caraga to continue working with the PNP and our partner agencies to sustain these substantial gains in bringing down crime incidents in the region,” Felix added. (PNP PRO 13/PIA-Caraga)
