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Crime rate in city shows downward trend Law & order

The number of cases detected overall is less in 2007 than that in the previous year, writes Biju Govind

The crime rate is showing a downward trend in Kozhikode city. The number of cases reported and detected overall is less in 2007 than that of the previous year.

The total number of property cases registered in 2007 was 624 while the figure for 2006 stood at 673, according to the District Crime Record Bureau (DCRB)

Property cases pertain to incidents where property is involved. However, the detection rate is moderately less in 2007 than that of the corresponding year. In the bygone year, the rate was 31.89 per cent but in 2006 it was 33.28 per cent.

No cases were registered under the category of murder for gain during the past three years. The figure registered under dacoity cases (Section 391 of the Indian Penal Code) was the same in the past two years. However, the detection rates showed dramatic increase from 25 per cent to 75 per cent.

The number of robbery cases has considerably risen from 29 in 2006 to 80 in the previous year. “One of the factors is cases registered under chain-snatching have been included in the robbery category. Chain-snatching was registered as a separate category in 2006,” said Balram Kumar Upadhyay, Kozhikode City Commissioner.

Housebreak during daytime has radically climbed down from 64 in 2006 to 33 in 2007. Usually, cases in this category were registered under Section 380 (housebreak) and Section 454 (lurking house trespass or housebreaking) of the IPC. Housebreak during night hours has increased from 194 in 2006 and 201 in 2007. Apart from Section 380 cases were also registered under Section 457 (lurking house trespass or housebreaking at night) of the IPC.

Ordinary theft cases also showed a descending trend in the past one year. The figure reported in 2007 was 306. However, the cases reported in 2006 were 382. The number of ordinary thefts reported and detected in 2005 was 323 and 143 respectively.

Mr. Upadhyay said the city police had taken preventive steps to curb the crime rate in the city and suburbs. Community policing had also helped to bring down housebreak during daytime. Housebreaking at night could be drastically reduced with the cooperation of residents’ associations in assisting the police during night patrolling, he said.

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