Staff Reporter
The first six months of the ongoing year saw a considerable decrease in overall crime in the Federal Capital due to effective policing measures, hard work of the personnel, their timely action against criminals and unique initiatives for improvement in performance.
Due to effective policy and timely action against criminals, the first six months of the year saw a considerable decrease in overall crime in the Federal Capital.
During the current year, the overall heinous crime has decreased by 24%. The first six months’ crime reflects a major dip in the incidents of dacoity and robbery/street crime which reduced by 52% and 30% respectively. Incidents of vehicle theft have declined by 6% whereas burglary has been reduced by 41%. During this period, Islamabad Police also had a crackdown against drugs and illegal weapons evident by an increase of 47%.
