Hyderabad crime rate shoots up from 2% during BRS rule to 41% this year

Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand attributes the rise to police registering FIRs in all offences and investigating them

Hyderabad: Hyderabad city has seen an abnormal increase in crime rate from a mere two per cent in 2023 to a whopping 41 per cent in 2024.

Incidentally, during the BRS government in 2022, a total of 24,220 cases were reported. The following year, 24,821 cases were registered in the city and an increase of two per cent was recorded by the police.

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In 2024, the Hyderabad Police registered 35,944 cases. The total bodily crime cases registered were 8447 this year, while last year, 5098 cases were booked.

Also, 5328 property crime cases were registered this year compared to the previous year when 3,551 cases were booked.

Although an abnormal increase, Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand attributed the rise to the police registering First Information Reports (FIRs) in all offences and investigating them.

“For every small crime, a case is booked and investigation done. We are maintaining a zero-tolerance policy for any crime,” he said.

He said all wings of the city police were seriously following the cases. “Cases are registered for cell-phone snatching and even small crimes. Dedicated teams are apprehending and arresting offenders. Organised crimes have come down in the city and activities of all rowdy sheeters are under surveillance and control,” he added.