Police Round up 2022: Cyberabad records 25.84% increase in cyber crime

Hyderabad : In their annual police round up, the Cyberabad Commissionerate stated that there has been a 12% reduction in crime in 2022. However, the cyber crime cases went up by 25%.
In 2021, 30954 cases were reported while 2022 witnessed 27322 cases of crime thus reducing the number of cases to 3632. Cyberabad officials are investigating 15% lesser cases than they did in 2021 meaning that more cases were processed in 2022 as compared to 2021.
Further, Cyberabad police noted that the property offenses reported in 2022 reduced by 28% as opposed to 2021.
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Further, the commissionerate stated that there has been a 19% decrease in cases recorded against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) as against 2021.
Road accidents are down by 19% from 2021. However, in 2022, cases of cheating increased by 14% (818 more cases), while 2.93% more people went missing. Even culpable homicide cases increased by 33.33%.