Marcos administration logs lower crime rate in first 21 months

The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. recorded a “much lower” index crime volume during its first 21 months compared to the same period during the previous administration, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) reported.

The PCO, citing a report from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), said the Philippine National Police (PNP) has seen “significant success” in addressing crime rate, crime clearance, and solution efficiency.

Based on the report, the peace and order situation in the country improved with a much lower index crime volume from 196,519 from July 1, 2016, to April 21, 2018 to 71,544 from July 1, 2022 to April 21, 2024.

Peace and order indicators also decreased for the same period from 541,917 during the first 21 months of the previous administration to 371,801.

The average monthly crime rate decreased for the same periods, respectively, from 21.92 to 15.04. Focus crimes such as theft, physical injury, robbery, rape, murder, carnapping, and homicide also decreased from 196,420 to 71,133, or a 63.79 percent decrease.

Non-index crime volume decreased from 345,398 from July 1, 2016 to April 21, 2018 to 300,257 from July 1, 2022 to April 21, 2024.

The report added that the PNP has recorded a 98.88 percent total crime clearance efficiency from January 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. This is 0.32 percent higher than the crime clearance efficiency report from October 2021 to December 2022.

The PNP also recorded a 82.69 percent total crime solution efficiency from January 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. This is 0.62 percent higher than the figures reported from October 2021 to December 2022.

In terms of the index crime volume, the PNP recorded 48,587 cases from January 2023 to March 24, which is 4,240 or 8.02 percent lower than the 52,827 cases recorded from October 2021 to December 2022.

Non-index crime, on the other hand, was recorded at 202,377 from January 2023 to March 2024, which is 11,546 or 5.37 percent lower than the 214,923 recorded cases from October 2021 to December 2022.