42% Drop In Crime Rate Since March 15, Says Delhi Police

42% Drop In Crime Rate Since March 15, Says Delhi Police

New Delhi:

The Delhi Police has registered nearly 2,000 cases including that of robbery, motor vehicle theft and other crimes since March 15, a drop of 42 percent as compared to the same period last year, police said on Friday.

According to data shared by police, a total of 1,971 cases have been registered since March 15 to 31 as against 3,415 cases during the same period last year.

Out of these, 53 cases of robbery, 181 cases of snatching, 27 cases under sections of grievous hurt, 55 cases of burglary, 1,243 cases of motor vehicle theft, 66 case of house theft, 72 cases under sections of outraging modesty of women, 150 cases of kidnapping, while 112 cases of accidents with no casualties were reported.

On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a complete lockdown across the country for 21 days to control the spread of COVID-19.

World

Coronavirus has spread to 181 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 10,39,186 and 55,102 have died; 7,65,036 are active cases and 2,19,048 have recovered as on April 3, 2020 at 8:07 pm.

India

In India, there are 2,547 confirmed cases including 62 deaths. The number of active cases is 2,322 and 163 have recovered as on April 3, 2020 at 6:00 pm.

State & District Details State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra

335

309

42

16

Tamil Nadu

309

304

6

1

Kerala

286

261

27

2

Delhi

219

215

8

4

Uttar Pradesh

172

160

14

2

Rajasthan

167

164

3

0

Telangana

158

164

1

7

Andhra Pradesh

132

132

1

1

Karnataka

124

117

10

3

Madhya Pradesh

104

110

0

6

Gujarat

95

93

10

8

Jammu And Kashmir

75

74

3

2

West Bengal

63

63

3

3

Haryana

49

25

24

0

Punjab

48

52

1

5

Bihar

29

30

0

1

Chandigarh

18

18

0

0

Assam

16

16

0

0

Ladakh

14

11

3

0

Uttarakhand

10

8

2

0

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

10

10

0

0

Chhattisgarh

9

6

3

0

Goa

6

6

0

0

Himachal Pradesh

6

6

1

1

Puducherry

5

4

1

0

Odisha

5

5

0

0

Manipur

2

2

0

0

Jharkhand

2

2

0

0

Mizoram

1

1

0

0

Arunachal Pradesh

1

1

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