PC praises Delhi police

Jan 05, 2011 - Age Correspondent |

New Delhi

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that I would request the people of Delhi to support their police force. The policing in Delhi has improved tremendously over the years and one should not go by specific cases and impressions and rather see things in totality, he added.

The home minister on Tuesday further stated that the crime rate in the national capital has declined significantly due to improved policing, notwithstanding frequent incidents of rape and murder in the city.
“The universally accepted measure of the incidents of crime is ‘number of crimes per 1,00,000 population’. The total number of crimes recorded in Delhi in 1999 was 58,701. In subsequent years, it has declined marginally,” added Mr Chidambaram.
While pointing at the recent media reports on law-and order situation in Delhi, Mr Chidambaram stated: “The public perception is based on the media reports who look towards an incident. What I am talking is about international standards and the number speak for themselves.”
Mr Chidambaram who was speaking on the performance of the Delhi police in maintaining law-and-order also pointed out, “crime per 1,00,000 population has also shown a significant decline. The population of Delhi has increased from 134.18 lakhs in 1999 to 182.31 lakhs in 2010. Taking all IPC crimes together, the ratio has declined from 437.48 per 1,00,000 (in 1999) to 281.34 (in 2010).”
The home ministry officials also added that the ratio of heinous crimes per 1,00,000 people has declined from 19.72 (in 1999) to 11.44 and the ratio of non-heinous crimes per 1,00,000 people has declined from 417.76 to 269.91. Meanwhile, the home ministry officials in their monthly press conference also stated that the ratio of murder per 1,00,000 people has declined from 4.84 to 3.10; of rape from 3.00 to 2.78; of dacoity from 0.47 to 0.18; of burglary from 25.56 to 8.24; and of fatal accidents from 14.67 to 11.54.”
While asking the citizens of Delhi to cooperate with the police in checking crime, Mr Chidambaram also added, “Policing in Delhi has improved significantly. We have added 41 new police stations and we have recruited 14,565 personnel in the last two years. We have also inducted 130 patrol cars and 775 motor-cycles for better policing.”

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