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Hyderabad’s overall crime rate dropped 15% in 2025, with 30,690 cases recorded. While murder and property crimes declined, crimes against women rose 6% and POCSO cases increased 27%. Police attribute the drop to visible policing and plan stricter enforcement

In 2025, Vikarabad district saw a 3.31% rise in crime, with murders, murder-for-gain cases, and daytime burglaries increasing. Road accidents and crimes against women declined. Cybercrime cases grew, and police conducted awareness programmes across the district.

BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao launched a scathing attack on the Congress government, accusing it of failing to introduce new policies in two years and reducing governance to vendetta politics. He alleged crime had risen by 20 per cent, welfare schemes were stalled, and farmers were left struggling for fertiliser and procurement.

Pahargaon police station in South Andaman ranks second nationally for excellence, recognized by MHA for crime control, community policing, public service, coastal security, and dedicated support for women, children, and juveniles

Hyderabad’s crime rate fell 17% from September 2024 to August 2025. FIRs dropped from 38,206 to 31,533, with notable declines in cybercrime, property offenses, rape, and kidnapping, while dowry death cases increased, according to Police Commissioner C.V. Anand.

241 women murdered this year in various cases while 2,945 women were raped and 1,122 kidnapped

He pointed out a 28.94 per cent increase in rape cases, with 2,945 incidents recorded in a year averaging eight per day. He said kidnapping and abduction cases have shot up by 82 per cent, which is shameful

There was a marginal increase in cases of culpable homicide, kidnapping, rape and incidents of hurt during the year, said incharge commissioner of police Sindhu Sharma, adding that 42 cases of murder, 77 cases of rape and 57 cases of kidnapping were reported in the commissionerate during the year

The cyber crime rate increased by around 43.33 per cent in the year in the State.

According to the annual crime report for the year 2024, while the overall crime rate increased by 16 per cent, economic offences increased by 63 per cent

According to Commissioner of Police Amber Kishor Jha, 14,406 cases registered under the Commissionerate limits as against 14,731 in 2023

BRS Greater Hyderabad incharge Sravan Dasoju said he was shocked and deeply pained to learn that seventy students fell sick after having lunch at Sri Chaitanya Residential Junior College, Karimnagar.

Though there was decline in murder, rape and missing cases, cheating cases shoot up to 613 from 454.

Director General of Police, Ravi Gupta who released the annual crime report 2023 here on Friday, said though the year has been hectic with the assembly polls and bandobast duties for various festivals, it concluded incident free.

A total of 5,908 cases registered in this year as against 4,769 cases reported in 2022

However, crimes against women have gone up in the district.

The Hyderabad CP said bodily offences cases increased by 16 percent and said one of the reasons are elections

A total of 3,089 crimes were reported in this year as against 2,714 offences in the previous year, suggesting an increase by 14 percent.

District registered 3,231 cases this year as against 2,337 in 2021, registering a 38.25 per cent increase

The percentage of convictions had increased by 66.2 percent and 44 people were convicted in rape and murder cases, DGP Rajendranath Reddy revealed.