Significant reduction in property crimes and bodily offences in 2024, claim T.N. police 

Tamil Nadu sees decrease in property crimes and grave offenses, thanks to police measures, as reported by DGP Jiwal.

Tamil Nadu has witnessed a significant reduction in property crimes and grave crimes such as murder for gain, robbery and theft, due to various preventive and proactive measures undertaken by the police, Director General of Police and Head of Police Force Shankar Jiwal said.

A detailed analysis of the cases reported, and the trends and patterns of crimes for the year 2024 was conducted. The outcome of the analysis was released by the office of Mr. Jiwal on Thursday.

According to these statistics, the number of ‘murder for gain’ cases reported in 2023 was 83, whereas it was 75 cases in 2024. Similarly, there was a drop in the number of dacoity cases reported in 2024 at 110, compared to 133 in 2023. The number of robbery cases reported in 2023 was 2,212, whereas in 2024 it was 1,839 cases. Thus, there was significant reduction in both robbery and dacoity (17% reduction in both) cases in 2024 compared to previous year, the police said.

Similarly, the number of theft cases recorded a decline: 15,892 theft cases were reported in 2024 whereas it was 17,788 in previous year.

In 2023, the number of bodily offences such as murder, attempt to murder, culpable homicide, hurt, grievous hurt cases was at 49,286, whereas it reduced to 31,497 in the last year. In particular, murders have shown a 6.8 % reduction in 2024 compared to 2023 according to the report. The number of riot cases reported was 1,305 in 2023 and 1,229 in 2024.

Mr. Jiwal said, “ Bodily offences comprising murder, attempt to murder, culpable homicide, hurt and grievous hurt cases, along with riots cases, is a major parameter for judging the law and order situation. This is mainly due to preventive and proactive measures undertaken by the police, which effectively controlled rowdyism and curbed criminal activities.”

Intensive special drives were being conducted during weekends, festival seasons, and long holidays with focus on visible policing through vehicle checks and checking of history sheet rowdies and trouble mongers, he added.