According to the Hyderabad Police, the crime rate against women in Hyderabad has reduced by 10 percent during 2017 while the overall crime rate has declined by 13 percent in the city when compared to the previous year.

“There is 13 percent reduction in overall crime. The number of cases registered under Indian Penal Code and special local laws till December 15 this year is 14,479 as against 16,661 cases in 2016,” Hyderabad Police Commissioner VV Srinivasa Rao told.

Rao said that there was a significant reduction in serious crime with 26 percent drop in murders, 14 percent in grave crimes, 20 percent in property crimes and 47 percent reduction in chain snatching cases. There was also a reduction of 10 percent with regard to overall crime against women in 2017 with 1,886 cases reported as against 2,099 cases in 2016, Rao said.

He added that in 2017, 1,171 cases of harassment of women were reported as compared to 1,318 last year. 644 persons in connection with stalking and eve-teasing have been caught by the SHE Teams with 94 cases filed and 187 persons arrested in connection with drugs and other contraband.

As many as 271 cases were registered by the Cyber Crime Cell till November this year and 183 accused were arrested including nine foreigners, the Hyderabad Police chief said. “A total of 3,256 cases were detected out of the 3,566 relevant CCTV footage available,” he said.

He claimed that crime prevention and detection during 2017 was “excellent” despite a vacancy of 40 percent in Hyderabad City Police.