The number of crimes in Northern Mindanao went down by 36.5 percent last year, Police Regional Office (PRO-10) announced in a media forum hosted by the National Economic and Development Authority in the region.
Police Capt. Glenn Abalde said a total of 14,419 crimes was recorded in 2018 compared to 22,702 registered in 2017. Index crimes consisting of crime against person and crime against property dropped by 50.9 percent from 7,257 in 2017 to 3,566 in 2018.
Physical injuries topped the crimes against person with 1,117 cases followed by rape with 450, murder with 367, and homicide with 99.
Crime against property consists of robbery (459 cases), theft (859 cases), carnapping (201 cases), and cattle rustling (14 cases).
Non-index crimes also dropped to 10,853 from 15,445 cases. Examples of non-index crimes are reckless imprudence resulting to homicide, physical injuries, and damage to property as well as violation of special laws.
Meanwhile crime solution efficiency and crime clearance efficiency increased by 8.5 percent and 11.7 percent, respectively.
Abalde attributed the decrease in crime volume to the extension of martial law and police efforts like the conduct of checkpoint operations.
He said the installation of chief-of-police trained on Investigation Officer Basic Course, conduct of case reviews of all cases and dialogues with the DOJ Prosecution Service and investigators also contributed to the positive performance of PRO-10. (pia x)
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