LAHORE: The Lahore Police has claimed a remarkable decreased of 30 percent in crimes rate in the city.
In a report comparing the March 2023 and March 2024, it said that crimes rate in the city came down by 30 percent against same month of last year.
According to the report, 4894 incidents of serious crimes were reported in March 2023 compared to 3060 incidents of serious crimes in March 2024.
Against four murder incidents over resistance during robberies last year, only one such case was reported this year.
The incidents of motorcycle theft were 2448 last year which has increased to 1787 this year. Robbery incidents reduced to 894 from 1975.
According to the police report, no incident of kidnapping for ransom was reported in March this year. Incidents of motorcycle snatching also decreased from 169 to 135.