HYDERABAD: Rachakonda police on Monday said that the overall crime rate reduced by 12% in 2020 compared to the previous year in Rachakonda.
However, there has been a rise in crime rate against women by 11%, police said.
The rise in crime against women is mainly due to rise in rape cases from 314 cases registered in 2019 to 329 cases in 2020. Similarly, dowry related deaths have gone up from nine cases to 23 cases in 2020.
Speaking to reporters at the annual press meet on Monday, Rachakonda commissioner of police Mahesh Bhagwat said that the rise in rape cases are mainly due to the sexual abuse of women by men who cheated them after promising to marry them. Cases pertaining to outraging the modesty of women also went up.
“There has been a rise in such cases being recorded as more women are fearlessly reporting incidents of crime against them at the police station. This is due to the confidence the SHE Teams have instilled in women,” he said. In 2020, as many as 20,641 cases of all types of crime were registered, compared to 20,349 cases registered last year.
After the outbreak of Covid-19, 1,051 police personnel in Rachakonda commissionerate tested positive and one cop died.
Of all the three zones in Rachakonda, LB Nagar has maximum number of cases registered, followed by Malkajgiri and then Bhongir. In LB Nagar this year, 9,119 cases were registered whereas in Malkajgiri 6,014 cases were registered.
Meanwhile, due to the impact of lockdown and coronavirus, the total number of road accidents reported this year was 2,047 compared to 2,990 accident last year.
Police said that as part of the crackdown against the transportation of ganja into the city, they have registered 25 cases under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act this year.
Officials said that this year, cyber crime cases have gone up by 200% in Rachakonda comissionerate. A total of 333 cases were recorded last year and 704 cases were recorded in 2020.