PNP: Robbery incidents dropped by 23.61% in first 10 months of 2017

Robbery incidents in the country dropped by 23.61 percent in the past 10 months, the Philippine National Police said Friday.

Data from the Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS) of the PNP Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) showed that there were 13,948  robbery cases from January to October in 2017. This is 4,311 cases fewer than the 18,259 robbery incidents recorded from January to October 2016.

A monthly crime trend review also showed that robbery cases went down by 44.89 percent from 2,350 in January 2016 to only 1,295 cases in October 2017.

PNP spokesperson Chief Superintendent Dionardo Carlos said all police regional offices posted marked reduction in robbery incidents in their respective areas of responsibility during the January-October period.

He said robbery is among the eight focus crime concerns in the PNP's operational thrust on anti-criminality.

Carlos said the latest data of crime incidents involving motorcycle riding suspects (MRS) showed that robbery is the most prevalent among incidents perpetrated by criminals on two wheels.

He added that over a period of 26 days from October 10 to November 5, a total of 115 robberies were committed among 327 cases involving motorcycle riding suspects. —KG, GMA News