Cybercrime remains major challenge for Cyberabad police in 2025

Cyberabad Police report a slight decline in overall cognizable offences in 2025, though cybercrime remains significant. Property and IPC offences rose, while crimes against women and bodily offences saw marginal increases. Cyber policing and public awareness initiatives are being strengthened.

Hyderabad: Cybercrime has emerged as one of the major challenges for the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, even as the overall number of cognizable offences registered a marginal decline in 2025, when compared to 2024.

As per official data released by Cyberabad Police during the annual media interaction on Tuesday, 37,689 cognizable offences were reported in 2024, while 37,243 cases were registered in 2025, showing a slight reduction in overall crime.

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In 2024, cybercrime constituted 32 per cent of the total cases, making it the largest category of offences. In 2025, cyber offences stood at 21 per cent, indicating a decline but continuing to remain a significant concern for police.

Other IPC offences accounted for 17 per cent of cases in 2024 and rose to 22 per cent in 2025. Meanwhile, property offences increased from 12 per cent to 15 per cent, while road accidents went up from 10 per cent in 2024 to 12 per cent in 2025.

On the other hand, crimes against women showed a marginal rise from 8 per cent to 9 per cent, and bodily offences increased from 6 per cent to 8 per cent. Economic offences remained stable at 6 per cent in both years.

Cyberabad Police Commissioner Avinash Mohanty said the changing crime pattern highlights the need for a balanced focus on both conventional and technology-driven offences.

“This year, cybercrime has continuously posed serious challenges. Though the figures are almost same to previous year, there has been a substantial reduction in cases. However, we are strengthening cyber policing, improving investigation capabilities and expanding public awareness initiatives to curb such offences,” he said. “We saw a 90 per cent reduction in cases of ‘Digital Arrest’, which came down from 1002 in 2024 to 117 in 2025,” he added.