Index crime rate down to 12,937 cases from Jan to May 17 – PNP

FILE PHOTO: The index crime rate nationwide decreased to 12,937 cases from January to May 2024, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reports on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

MANILA, Philippines —  The index crime rate nationwide decreased to 12,937 cases from January to May 2024, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported Tuesday.

Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said in a press conference that the country’s index crime volume from January 1 to May 17 this year was at 18.30 percent and 2,897 cases less than the 15,834 recorded crime incidents in the same period last year.

According to Fajardo, the decrease is attributed to the police’s strengthened anti-crime programs, which are being carried out with the help of other law enforcement agencies, force multipliers, and barangay watchmen.

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The PNP official added that the data is expected to be updated to cover index crimes recorded in the first days of June once the Crime Information, Reporting, and Analysis System is fixed. Currently, the Crime Information, Reporting, and Analysis System is down due to ongoing assessment and investigation over the reported data breach on the Logistics and Firearms and Explosives Office systems, Fajardo noted.

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The PNP says index crimes include murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, and carnapping/carjacking, among others, while non-index crimes are violations of special laws (e.g. illegal logging) or local ordinances..