by Rey Anthony Chiu
All over the region in Central Visayas, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 records 8,543 total crime incidents (TCI) from January to March 15, 2021, as against 13,931 crimes recorded in the same period last year.
This then translates to a 38.7% decline in the number of reported crimes in the region, much of the crimes curbed due to a more visible police force and the setting up of quarantine control points as well as the visible impacts of Corona virus disease (COVID) pandemic, PRO-7 said.
The decrease in the number of crimes can be seen in the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) crime information reporting and analysis system (CIRAS):
The decrease in the number of crimes can be seen in the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) crime information reporting and analysis system (CIRAS):
Based on the police reports, the PNP has categorized the crimes being committed in a certain place into a peace and order indicator (POI).
This is apart from the Public Safety Indicator (PSI) which refers to the total number of vehicular incidents and other crimes not classified as either index or non-index crime.
Across the region, Siquijor Provincial Police Office posted a 65.7 % decrease in the number of crimes, followed by Mandaue City Police Station at 49.6 % and Bohol Provincial Police Office at 47.6%.