A total of 9,154 cases registered in 2020, says Commissioner of Police
As many as 9,154 cases were reported in the limits of the Vijayawada Police Commissionerate in 2020, a 12.05 % drop when compared to the previous year, according to Police Commissioner B. Srinivasulu.
Briefing this to the media here on Sunday, the Police Commissioner said 23 murders, 37 attempt to murder, 32 robbery, 197 house burglaries, 392 cheating, 57 sexual assault (rape) and 12 kidnap cases were registered this year. Of the total 9,154 cases, 1,080 were booked under special and local laws, he said.
The percentage of property crime cases detected was 69.7 this year, which was 75.16 in 2019. In all, 831 cases of crime against women were registered in 2020, which were 944 in the previous year.