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from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the country as a whole.
And it
speaks well of the kind of leadership President Rodrigo Roa Duterte wants to
impose in the country.
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| PNP Chief Director Albayalde (photo credit to owner) |
PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde cited the PNP’s
Unit Crime Periodic Reports (UCPER), a total of 227,757 crime incidents were
recorded from January to June this year (2019), translating to a 17.39-percent
decrease from 275,702 during the same period last year (2018).
A significant decrease in the number of volume in the
index and non-index crimes have been recorded, 33.05 percent and 13.20 percent,
respectively.
“Among index
crimes, the top three most prevalent crimes are theft, physical injury and
robbery. But despite theft and physical injury registering the top two most
prevalent crimes nationwide, both crime categories went down by 36.90 percent
and 33.80 percent, respectively,” Albayalde said.
Crimes
against persons such as murder, homicide and physical injury are examples of
index crimes while violation of city ordinances and less serious criminal
offenses are but examples of non-index crimes.
“We noted that homicide incidents have been slightly
reduced during the first half of 2018 after several months of consistently
posting increased incidents among the eight focus crime categories,” Albayalde
said.
PNP focused on the crime categories, those that have
posted a decrease in numbers include, murder (29.54 percent); homicide (9.47
percent); physical injury (33.80 percent); rape (24.82 percent); robbery (34.40
percent); theft (36.90 percent); carnapping of motor vehicles (36.30 percent);
and carnapping of motorcycles (26.61 percent).
“The significant 17.39 percent drop in crime incidents
during the January-June period, and onwards until the end of September, is
expected become the trend for the remaining months of the year when petty
crimes are traditionally believed to peak in the holiday season. But contrary
to this perception of a spike in crime during the “ber” months, we see a steady
decline in all crime categories,” the PNP Chief explained.
However the PNP chief also said they are also
anticipating an increase in the numbers with respect to violent crimes in
anticipation of the 2019 mid term elections.
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