A YouGov survey reveals Western Europeans believe crime is increasing, yet long-term data shows overall crime rates, including murder, have fallen significantly since the 1990s. Public perception is influenced by media focus on drug trafficking, gang violence, and fraud.
Senior BJP leader Dharamlal Kaushik's phone was snatched by bike-borne miscreants in Raipur. Police arrested a 19-year-old suspect and recovered the phone within eight hours. The incident sparked a political row over law and order, with the Congress criticizing the police commissionerate system.
Crime rates in Indian cities are set to show a decline in 2027 due to a mathematical glitch in National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) calculations. NCRB uses outdated Census population figures as denominators, causing crime rates to appear inflated until the next Census updates these numbers, leading to dramatic drops.
