PCR calls related to street crimes down by 30 per cent: Delhi Police

number of calls related to robbery, snatching and motor vehicle ft received by Delhi Police Control Room has declined by nearly 30 per cent in first fortnight of 2021 as compared to corresponding period last year, a senior officer said on Monday.

force received 2,940 calls related to robbery (523), snatching (954) and motor vehicle ft (1,463) between January 1 and 15. It is a sharp decline of 29.72 per cent from corresponding period last year, Delhi Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Eish Singhal said.

Individually, cases of robbery have gone down by 13.42 per cent during period, snatching by 41.70 per cent and motor vehicle ft by 24.78 per cent.Between January 1 and 15 in 2020, Delhi Police received a total of 4,170 calls related to robbery (604), snatching (1,621) and motor vehicle ft (1,945).

Officials said that since beginning of 2021, force is making efforts, under close supervision of Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava, to curb street crimes such as robbery, snatching and motor vehicle ft. 

(IM CREDITS:PTI)