Police says PH crime rate on a downtrend since 2010

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PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr yesterday said crime rate in the country has been on a downward trend since 2010 as he dismissed insinuations of an alleged surge in crime incidence.

In a press briefing at Camp Olivas in San Fernando City in Pampanga, Azurin urged the public to avoid posting “fake” crimes in social media platforms, pointing out that “PNP crime data shows a steady decline in crime trends over a 12-year period since 2010.”

“There is no breakdown of peace and order,” Azurin told reporters. “Our assurance to the public is that the peace and order in the entire country is still manageable. It (supposed surge) is being highlighted in different (social media) platforms, but definite crime incidence is still low.”

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Azurin said an analysis of the crime data showed that the peace and order indicator, or the sum of both index and non-index crimes, has been decreasing since the term of the late President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, who served from June 2010 to June 2016.

Index crimes are crimes against persons and property such as murder, homicide, physical injury, theft, robbery, rape and carnapping. Non-index crimes are violation of special laws like illegal logging and local ordinances.

The updated PNP data shows a decrease of 5.85 percent in crime incidence during the Aquino administration to the Duterte administration. Likewise, a drop of 45.24 percent has also been recorded during the first month of the Marcos administration.

Specifically, Azurin said crime data showed index crimes “have been decreasing since President Aquino’s administration.”

“A decrease of 45.80 percent (in index crimes) is noted comparing President PNoy and (President) Duterte’s administration. Likewise, a decrease of 72.45 percent is recorded in PBBM’s administration as compared to President Duterte’s time,” said Azurin.

Azurin likewise protested what he described as a “sensational surge in social media report of some (crime) incidents,” including some which he said have already been solved by the police.

“Other purported crime incidents posted on social media turned out to be either rehashed or completely false information. The PNP would like to do our part in educating our people to be more discerning of the true situation particularly on crime matters and be able to distinguish between crime hike and crime hype,” he said.

Azurin said that while the posting of crime incidence on social media gives the police the opportunity to respond to such incidents, the public should refrain from posting “fake news” or crimes that are not totally true because this will only waste the time of policemen who will verify the information.

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